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On the Migration of Abraham

Philo of Alexandria · Parte 86

[86] [cap.16] What then is the fourth gift? The having a great name, for God says, "I will magnify thy name;" [90] and the meaning of this, as it appears to me, is as follows; as to be good is honourable, so also to appear to be so is advantageous. And truth is better than appearance, but perfect happiness is when the two are combined. For there are great numbers of people who apply themselves to virtue in genuine honesty and sincerity, and who admire its genuine beauty, having no regard to the reputation which they may have with the multitude, and who in consequence have been plotted against, being thought wicked though in reality they are good.