[1]: This is in accordance with the description of him in the Bible, where he is represented as being learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians.
[2]: Philo means that οὐρανος was derived either from ὅρος, a boundary, or from ὁράω, to see, ὁρατὸς, visible.
[3]: By addition, that is: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10.
[4]: Thus, 2+2 = 4, or 2 * 2 = 4.
[5]: This discussion about numbers is not very intelligible; but here Philo is probably referring to the problem of Euclid on the subject of the square of the hypothenuse. Thus, if 3 and 4 represent the sides containing the angle, and 5 the side subtending it, we get 3 3 = 9; 4 4 = 16; 5 * 5 = 25.
[6]: This refers to the Greek games. The straight race was called στάδιον or δρόμος. In the δίαυλος δρόμος the runners turned round the goal, and came back to the starting place.—Smith in v. Stadium.
[7]: It is hardly necessary to remind the reader of the description of the seven ages of man in Shakespeare. As You Like It, Act 11. sc. 7.
[8]: The word used is σεβασμὸς, as if ἐβδομὰς were derived from that; and the Romans formed septem from ἑπτὰ, by the addition of s.