Tag: hypatia

  • The Philosophy of Hypatia of Alexandria

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    Lyon Leshley

    ## Slide 1: Title Slide March 415 AD. Alexandria, Egypt. A chariot races through the crowded streets. Inside sits a woman in her sixties—a philosopher, mathematician, the most celebrated intellectual in the Roman Empire. A mob appears. They drag her from the chariot, pull her into a church, and murder her. Her body is dismembered,…