HYPATIA of Alexandria, the Last Philosopher of the Hellenistic Era and her Brutal Assassination

Hypatia, the last great philosopher and mathematician of the Hellenistic Age, who was brutally assassinated by a fanatic christian mob in 415 a.D. Her life, her contribution to science and philosophy, her death marked the end of the Greek Philosophy and Science. Officially, after the death of Hypatia, Europe entered the long and dark period of the Middle Ages.

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[Hekamaat]

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them. In fact, men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth --- often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable

[Pituxalina1A]

Those hypochristians who MURDERED Hypatia worshiped a catamite goDD!

[astrgd27]

@DoctorMirabilis80 Neo-pagans may be a bit flakey in their beliefs, but if you are actually arguing that Christians never persecuted or killed pagans for their beliefs then I don't know what to tell you.

[astrgd27]

@DoctorMirabilis80 Reductionism. She was killed for both religious and political reasons. If she was a Christian do you think they would have killed her?

[bryanttillman]

@gilgandra75 Don't sweat it, the God-Monkeys are on the way out. We don't have enough oyster shells to go around, but there are hungry lions in every zoo.

[nasiagk]

can you tell what is the tool of the word EGYPT ???If ,no is a greek word...No I dont take it personal , I just want to say that Ypatia was a greek woman mathematician and greek legacy gave the lights to all over the world.

[DelBoyMcFlyy]

@nasiagk you mean, she was african, born in Egypt, dad was an African black at that. And Greek legacy is stolen legacy from African. Now where would you like me to first educate you on this subject my friend, maybe that way the world would be a better place with knowing the truth. Don't take it personal, each one teach one. Hotep

[gilgandra75]

I Hate Christians, more evil then good...they alone put the human persona into the dark ages. Christianity is slowly comeing to an end. I won't see it in my life time. In 500 years time, people will look back & think what idiots, "they belived in a False God, where would the Human race be now if it wasn't for a most horrible death like Hypatia"

[blackdreamhunk2]

thank you for sharing this I like it a lot.

[Joakinsmat]

I don't care if she was Black, Egypcian or Greek! why i hate w/ all my heart that this virtuous woman was killed cause she was better than any stupid Christian fanatic!! she was one of the thousands of brilliant human being that were murdered for the Church!!

[ethangirlsmom]

@celticgerman2 This type of action is the hallmark of ... religion. Don't bother singling out Christian; over time, one is no better or worse than another.

[ethangirlsmom]

@GrooveDoctor77 Not why women were kept down; only that they were, and how.