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A minor point, the article says that Hypatia of Alexandria was killed by Christian Zealots which is true except it was for non-religious reasons but rather poli
by onetimeusename 12y ago
A minor point, the article says that Hypatia of Alexandria was killed by Christian Zealots which is true except it was for non-religious reasons but rather political and it was in a city and time where public political executions were common. Maybe some women have had difficulty with their math, not in my experience but maybe elsewhere, but not Hypatia, she was not killed for her mathematics.[1]
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia#Death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia#Death
- nmrm2 12y agoAfter reading the wikipedia article, I'm not convinced that her scholarly life had nothing to do with her murder. In fact, it seems to have played a pretty crucial role. e.g. we can ask "why Hypatia?" given that there were plenty of worthy targets of public outrage, and Hypatia probably wasn't even the post powerful.
- onetimeusename 12y agoWell, the wikipedia article suggested that it was because they believed she was responsible for Orestes's "unwillingness to reconcile with Cyril". That suggests they were provoked by the content of whatever she was saying to Orestes so if it had been for anything mathematical or philosophical, it was not recorded that way but I don't think there is a lot of evidence to go that route. Here is a blog post by a historian about a movie that dealt with the subject, if you have the patience to read through it all. http://armariummagnus.blogspot.com/2009/05/agora-and-hypatia-hollywood-strikes.html http://armariummagnus.blogspot.com/2009/05/agora-and-hypatia...