Philo
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- proper noun
- /ˈfaɪloʊ/
- DAVE ITZKOFF: Kimmel opened with a joke about television inventor Philo T. Farnsworth.
- Philo and Josephus
- Philo and Pliny
- Kearns and Philo
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Watch on YouTubeI started speaking about Philo of Alexandria, who, a little younger than Josephus, was a contemporary of Jesus.
- I started speaking about Philo of Alexandria, who, a little younger than Josephus, was a contemporary of Jesus.
- And Philo says both of them, the Pythagoreans and the Essenes were students of the Kabbalah or Kabbalistic students.
- So we can look at the way that Philo Philo writes.
Examples
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My name is Philo, and welcome to...
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Hello, my friend Philo is coming over for dinner tonight.
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I knew you and Philo came in here a lot.
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- Leave him alone, Philo, OK?
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Okay, Philo, go to commercial.
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Take my stuff to Philo.
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Well, my real name is Philo, but I go by Phil.
Fiction book (1999) -
In a few weeks, Philo is the family expert on the electrical system.
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Why did Philo work so hard and so long to make his dream come true?
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Philo wrote at the time that Jesus of Nazareth walked the Earth, and Josephus wrote some 50 years later and watched the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans.
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Etymology
Philo comes from the Greek root philo- meaning 'love', and you can see the same root in philosophy ('love of wisdom'). So Philo can be remembered as 'one who loves' or a 'friend', which fits the famous philosopher who loved learning.