Philo McGiffin noted that many of the gunpowder charges were ' thirteen years old and condemned.

Three noted Jewish examples are that of the writings of Philo of Alexandria ( 1st century ), Maimonides ( 12th century ) and Gersonides ( 13th century ).

* On 6 April 2011, Philo hosted noted environmental historian Jared Diamond.

" Philo ," as members affectionately refer to the Society, was founded October 2, 1813, by all thirteen members of the junior class, its original purpose being " the advancement of learning ;" a counterweight and complement to Penn's academic coursework.

In this context, Philo wrote that Caligula " regarded the Jews with most especial suspicion, as if they were the only persons who cherished wishes opposed to his ".

Beaver is the birthplace of two well-known persons: Philo T. Farnsworth and Butch Cassidy.

The estate and its denizens are meant to be as picturesque as the persons and the plot, but all succeed only in being as egregious and improbable as Philo Vance and his antics.

The popularization of the Jewish chant may be found in the writings of the Jewish philosopher Philo, born 20 BCE.

Apollos, portrayed as both outspoken and scholarly, may have captivated his hearers by teaching " wisdom " in the allegorical style of Philo.

that the real author was Herennius Philo of Byblus, who was born during the reign of Nero and lived till the reign of Hadrian, and that the treatise in its present form is a revision prepared by a later Byzantine editor, whose name may have been Ammonius.

The 1st century Greek author Philo of Byblos may preserve elements of Iron Age Phoenician religion in his Sanchuniathon., to which the prophets, martyrs and other pious people will go at the time of their death.

As an allegorist who could read into the ancient documents the particular philosophical idiosyncrasies of his day, Anatoli deserves a place beside other allegoric and philosophical commentators, from Philo down ; indeed, he may be regarded as a pioneer in the application of the Maimonistic manner to purposes of popular instruction.

Philo also proposes that the order in nature may be due to nature alone.

Philo argues that the designer may have been defective or otherwise imperfect, suggesting that the universe may have been a poor first attempt at design.

The philosophical teachings of Philo and Ibn Gabirol were largely ignored by fellow Jews ; the parallel may be extended by adding that Philo and Ibn Gabirol, alike, exercised considerable influence in secular circles ; Philo upon early Christianity, and Ibn Gabirol upon the scholars of medieval Christianity.

In turn, Philo may have influenced other faiths as well.

In effect ( as for St. Paul ), the flesh and spirit are in conflict ( Guthrie, The Message of Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, p. 38f ) However Philo is undecided whether sensibility is in itself evil, or whether it may merely lead into temptation, and must itself be regarded as a mean ( μέσον ).

But pupils of Philo may subsequently have founded near Alexandria similar colonies that endeavored to realize his ideal of a pure life triumphing over the senses and passions ; and they might also have been responsible for the one-sided development of certain of the master's principles.

The first executive toy may have been a gadget designed by the great mathematician and engineer Philo of Byzantium ( about 280 BC-about 220 BC ), an octagon-shaped ink pot with openings on each side.

Philo of Alexandria reported that Sejanus, one of Tiberius's lieutenants, may have been a prime mover in the persecution of the Jews.

There he may have heard the Christian philosopher Basilides and certainly became conversant with Hellenistic Middle Platonic philosophy and the culture of Hellenized Jews like the great Alexandrian Jewish allegorist and philosopher Philo.

The term may apply specifically to a dissector tube employing magnetic fields to keep the electron image in focus, an element lacking in Dieckmann and Hell's design, and in the early dissector tubes built by American inventor Philo Farnsworth.

Some religious and ethical influences may also stem from Stoicism, found in the writings of the Alexandrian Jew, Philo, to whom Book of Wisdom has on occasion been wrongly attributed.

Or Philo may have translated genuine Phoenician works ascribed to an ancient writer known as Sanchuniathon, but in fact written in more recent times.

< sup > 4 </ sup > was used as stuffing for the binding of “ a codex of Philo, written in the later third century and found in a jar which had been walled up in a house at Coptos 250 .” If < sup > 4 </ sup > was part of this codex, then the codex may have been written roughly 100 years prior or earlier.

Philo may also refer to:

Apologists who acknowledge the issue with Philo point out that he lived in Alexandria, and the actual Jesus may have been so minor at that time that Philo simply missed him.

This tradition of creator God as nous ( the manifestation of consciousness ), can be validated in the works of pre-Plotinus philosophers such as Numenius, as well as a connection between Hebrew and Platonic cosmology ( see also Philo ).

Moreover, in the first century A. D., the Greco-Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria — who was himself probably a practitioner of pankration — makes a statement that could be an allusion to preliminary contests in which an athlete would participate and then collect his strength before coming forward fresh in the major competition.

In antiquity, Philo of Byblos authored the first text that could now be called a thesaurus.

Philo argues that even if the universe is indeed designed, it is unreasonable to justify the conclusion that the designer must be an omnipotent, omniscient, benevolent God-the God of classical theism.

" The great Jewish philosopher Philo understands this type of prophecy to be an extraordinarily high level of philosophical understanding, which had been reached by Moses and which enabled him to write the Torah through his own rational deduction of natural law.

It can also be speculated that Philo was referring to Antony cross-dressing in Act 1, scene 1:

He is revealed to be an old nemesis of Marjory the Trash Heap and enslaves Philo and Gunge when they leave home for greener pastures in " Home is Where the Trash is ".

His later text, The Child in the Country, inspired a number of social scientists, notably geographer Chris Philo ( 1992 ), to call for more attention to be paid to young people as a ‘ hidden ’ and marginalised group in society.

Given that both Jonathan and Peleg Card were scheduled to be tried by the Vermont Committee of Safety ( Peleg died 6 Sep 1777, and it is unknown if the trial was actually held ) it is likely that Philo Card is, in reality, Peleg Card ( 1740 – 1777 ) --- and Stephen ( 1748 – 1798 ) -- ( Source: National Archives of Canada, WO 28 / 10, Reel B-2867, pp. 17 – 18.

Inspired by the formula and style of the Philo Vance novels by S. S. Van Dine, their entry won the contest, but before it could be published, the magazine closed.

Keating, " People said Ross must be the wit and critic Alexander Woollcott and Queen S. S. Van Dine ..., creator of the super-snob detective Philo Vance, on whom ' Ellery Queen ' was indeed modeled.

Akiva's anthropology is based upon the principle that man was created בצלם, that is, not in the image of God — which would be בצלם אלהים — but after an image, after a primordial type ; or, philosophically speaking, after an Idea — what Philo calls in agreement with Judean theology, " the first heavenly man " ( see Adam ḳadmon ).

So Philo being thus affronted, went out, and said to those Jews who were about him, that they should be of good courage, since Gaius's words indeed showed anger at them, but in reality had already set God against himself.

Philo considers Caligula's plan to erect a statue of himself in the temple of Jerusalem to be a provocation, saying, " Are you making war upon us, because you anticipate that we will not endure such indignity, but that we will fight on behalf of our laws, and die in defence of our national customs?

The Jewish Bible had not been canonized at the time of Philo, and the extent of his knowledge of Biblical books cannot be exactly determined.

Hence Philo addresses himself to the μύσται (" initiated ") among his audience, by whom he expects to be really comprehended.

Philo regards the physical nature of man as something defective and as an obstacle to his development that can never be fully surmounted, but still as something indispensable in view of the nature of his being.