Honour (gloria) is not repugnant to reason, but may arise therefrom.
Proof .-- This is evident from Def.

of the Emotions, xxx., and also from the definition of an honourable man (IV.xxxvii.

note.
i.).
Note--Empty honour, as it is styled, is self--approval, fostered only by the good opinion of the populace; when this good opinion ceases there ceases also the self--approval, in other words, the highest object of each man's love (IV.lii.

note); consequently, he whose honour is rooted in popular approval must, day by day, anxiously strive, act, and scheme in order to retain his reputation.

For the populace is variable and inconstant, so that, if a reputation be not kept up, it quickly withers away.
Everyone wishes to catch popular applause for himself, and readily represses the fame of others.