Website review: Hypatia of Alexandria
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ArtE discovered 40 months ago- Hypatia of Alexandria. The woman philosopher and mathematician who worked at the Great Library of Alexandria
A page full of links providing a study about the life of Hypatia of Alexandria, a great woman who suffered martyrdom by a christian mob when she was getting out from the Cesareum in the city of Alexandria, Egypt where she taught philosophy. Hypatia worked at the Old Library and worked on the famous "Almagestus" by Ptolemy. She designed scientific instruments used to measure the positions of the stars and planets.He father was Theon the mathematician. Hypatia's life is important because it transports us to the times when the persecution didn't come from the Roman Empire against christians, but from the christians mobs against the pagans (Hypatia visited frequently the temple of Serapis, near the ancient Library of Alexandria). She was brutally murdered by that mob of Christians that dragged her from her chariot and cut her with sharp roofing tiles.The archbishop, Cyril, had ordered the attack.A different perspective covering the events in the great city between 355 to 415 AD, year of her death. Hypatia was given privileges that most girls of her day were not given. She spoke publicly and traveled to other countries. Hypatia discussed important matters with important men.For many reasons,her life always fascinates me.- Hypatia of Alexandria. The woman philosopher and mathematician who worked at the Great Library of Alexandria
- minaev rated 19 months ago
- I was deeply impressed by the life and death of Hypatia since childhood, when I read a kids fiction book about math. I recalled her when re-reading Gibbon's 'Fall and Decline' recently. A fascinating and frightening story of conflict between human thirst for knowledge and the religious obscurantism. Almost too novel-like to be true, but true anyway. Wish I could find a real novel about Hypatia. Neal Stephenson could make a prequel to the Baroque Cycle from this story.
