Full Idea
It makes a difference whether the honour comes from many random people or from those worthy of note, and again so does by whom and for what the honor is conferred.
Gist of Idea
Honour depends on what it is for, and whether it is bestowed by worthy people
Source
Aristotle (Eudemian Ethics [c.333 BCE], 1232b18)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Eudemian Ethics', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2021], p.46
A Reaction
He tends to play down honour because of its relativism, but this quotation implies that if an honour was bestowed by the worthy, for something of agreed high value, then it would be at quite a different level from mere popular esteem. Celebrity v peerage?