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On the question why certain Names in the Holy Scriptures are changed

Philo of Alexandria · Parte 206

[206] They appear to me very much to resemble those parents who accuse their sons of intemperance in wine, for they say, "This our son is disobedient," [151] indicating, by the addition of the word "this," that they have other sons likewise who are temperate and self-denying, and who obey the injunctions of right reason and instruction; for these are the most genuine parents, by whom it is a most disgraceful thing to be accused, and a most glorious thing to be praised.