Kitap 8
6
Friendship between brothers has the same characteristics as that between members of a comradeship, and has them in a greater degree, provided they are virtuous, or resemble one another in any waySc. not only when they are alike in virtue.; inasmuch as brothers belong more closely to each other, and have loved each other from birth, and inasmuch as children of the same parents, who have been brought up together and educated alike, are more alike in character; also with brothers the test of time has been longest and most reliable.
7
The degrees of friendship between other relatives vary correspondingly.i.e., in proportion to the closeness of the relationship: cf. 12.4 fin.
