Hypatia of Alexandria#Hypatia
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Hypatia of Alexandria · c. 350–415 CE
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“Everything she wrote is lost, and yet we know her influence was real — which makes her both a great philosopher and a great lesson in how carefully we must handle the past.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“Philosophy can live in a person rather than a book: mathematics and reasoned contemplation as a way of forming souls — taught to pagans and Christians alike, in a city tearing itself apart.”
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