Hypatia

Hypatia (c. 370– 415) was a Hellenistic Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker of the Neoplatonic school in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. She is the first female mathematician whose life is reasonably well recorded.

Quotes about Hypatia

Hypatia was a University lecturer denounced by Church dignitaries and torn to pieces by Christians. Such will probably be the fate of this book: therefore it bears her name. What I have written here I believe and shall not retract or change for similar episcopal denunciations.
- Dora Russell, quoted in preface of "Hypatia Or Woman And Knowledge" (1925)

In speech articulate and logical, in her actions prudent and public-spirited. The city gave her suitable welcome and accorded her special respect.
- Ignotofsky, Rachel (2016). Women In Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed The World. Ten Speed Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-60774-976-9.

Most people, both Christian and non-Christian, saw Hypatia’s killing as a brutal, unprovoked murder that exploded out of a toxic set of circumstances for which Hypatia bore little responsibility.
- Watts, Edward J. (2017). Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0190210038.

External links

Encyclopedic article on Hypatia on Wikipedia
Works related to Author:Hypatia on Wikisource
Media related to Hypatia on Wikimedia Commons
Dora Russell: "Hypatia Or Woman And Knowledge" (1925)

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