Strona 646 z 734

For just as in Communities laws and customs prevail, so too in

families the express commands of the Head, and customs also: and

even more in the latter, because of blood-relationship and the

benefits conferred: for there you have, to begin with, people who

have affection and are naturally obedient to the authority which

controls them.

Then, furthermore, Private training has advantages over Public,

as in the case of the healing art: for instance, as a general

rule, a man who is in a fever should keep quiet, and starve; but

in a particular case, perhaps, this may not hold good; or, to

take a different illustration, the boxer will not use the same

way of fighting with all antagonists.