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Quotes Tagged "hypatia-of-alexandria"

What comes, is called.
— Ki Longfellow Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria
Tags: spirituality, philosophy, mathematics, hypatia-of-alexandria, christian-history
Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to pieces by a mob of incensed Christians not because she was a woman, but because her learning was so profound, her skills at dialectic so extensive that she reduced all who queried her to embarrassed silence. They could not argue with her, so they murdered her.
— Iain Pears The Dream of Scipio
Tags: women, suppression, superiority, skills, philosophers, murder, learning, knowledge, hypatia-of-alexandria, greatness, education, dialectics, abilities
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