Philo Judaeus, De Migratione Abrahami, ed. Paul Wendland, 86

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[86] 16 Τίς οὖν ἡ τετάρτη δωρεά; τὸ μεγαλώνυμον· φησὶ γάρ·
„μεγαλυνῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου“ (Gen. 12, 2). τὸ δέ ἐστιν, ὥς γ’ ἐμοὶ φαίνεται, τοιόνδε· ὥσπερ τὸ ἀγαθὸν εἶναι καὶ καλόν, οὕτω καὶ τὸ δοκεῖν εἶναι λυσιτελές. καὶ ἀμείνων μὲν δόξης ἀλήθεια, εὔδαιμον δὲ τὸ ἐξ ἀμφοῖν· μυρίοι γὰρ ἀνόθως καὶ ἀκολακεύτως προσελθόντες ἀρετῇ καὶ τὸ γνήσιον αὐτῆς ἐναυγασάμενοι κάλλος, τῆς παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς φήμης οὐ
φροντίσαντες ἐπεβουλεύθησαν, κακοὶ νομισθέντες οἱ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ἀγαθοί.

De Migratione Abrahami. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Migratione Abrahami (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Migration of Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 86 focus

What then is the fourth gift? The having a great name, for God says, "I will magnify thy name;" ¹ 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.

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