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Michael Scot (Latin: Michael Scotus; 1175 – c. 1232) was a Scottish mathematician and scholar in the Middle Ages. He was educated at Oxford and Paris, and worked in Bologna and Toledo, where he learned Arabic. His patron was Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire and Scot served as science adviser and court astrologer to him.
Michael Scott SFHEA (born 1981) is a British classical scholar, ancient historian, and presenter. He is professor of classics and ancient history at the University of ...
Liber physiognomiae (Classical Latin: [ˈliːbɛr pʰʏsɪ.ɔŋˈnoːmɪ.ae̯], Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈliber fizi.oˈɲomi.e]; The Book of Physiognomy) [nb 1] is a work by the Scottish mathematician, philosopher, and scholar Michael Scot concerning physiognomy; the work is also the final book of a trilogy known as the Liber introductorius.
Scott was born in Scotland at Cowlairs, near Glasgow, the son of a Glasgow merchant. In 1806 he went to Jamaica , first managing some estates, and afterwards joining a business firm in Kingston . The latter post necessitated his making frequent journeys, on the incidents of which he based his best known book, Tom Cringle's Log .
The Good Shepherd, c. 300–350, at the Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome. The Good Shepherd (Greek: ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, poimḗn ho kalós) is an image used in the pericope of John 10:1–21, in which Jesus Christ is depicted as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. Similar imagery is used in Psalm 23 and Ezekiel 34:11–16.
The Abbey of Saint Nicholas in Angers is part of the motherhouse of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd Pelletier devoted herself to the work entrusted to her. By 1868, she was superior general of 3,000 sisters in 110 convents in thirty-five countries. [ 7 ]
The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a Montessori method for Christian education in the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. [1] The method is offered in churches and schools across 37 countries.
For instance, Michael Messner describes the concept of "Zeus energy" as emphasizing "male authority accepted for the good of the community". [ a ] Beliefs about the emotional system based in archetypes of great men , mythopoets sought to channel these characters in themselves, so that they could unleash their "animal-males".