Remembering Hypatia - The Infidel Guy Show

Brian Trent is the author of the award-winning novel REMEMBERING HYPATIA, which has just recently been nominated for Book of the Year by ForeWord Magazine. This true story of a brilliant woman erased from history has garnered high praise from Writer's Digest, National Public Radio, and Yale, among many others.

Recorded June 2006.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• hypatia
• alexandria
• library
• heretic
• infidel
• burned
• witch
• freethought
• fear

[alien8ted]

Religion has only ever had one overriding commandment; 'convert or kill'.

[amet1980]

the 5 th century taliban christian demolished 99.999% of the hellenistic achievements and what was preserve was preserve either due to luck(as Archimedes manuscripts) or because of the Arabs(ironically).

at 15th century philosophy returned to Europe mainly due to ancient philosophers and scientists works and kicked start enlightenment.

it took us 1300 years to reclaim buck the knowledge of the ancients and go further..

[EMovroydis1]

This guy is a charlatan. It's interesting how an author can write a fiction, and have it be acceptable as real history.

[skorpios28]

parthenon was black too -chlorio does miracles---at last nderstand that was greek

[barcoxx]

...or prohibiting the FREE EXCERCISE thereof. It did not say "it belongs in your sunday schools homes, that is where it belongs". Those are your words, from your point of view, which you wish was DOMINANT among men. A man is just a man, and most men wish that other men think as they want them to think, which is precisely why there is an infidelguy show, to spread a certain world view. BTW, The founding fathers did toil to create a place where their religious beliefs would be marginalized.

[mujaku]

It is interesting to read Catholic apologists who try to defend Cyril who was elected as the bishoop after his uncle Theophilus, the former bishop died. Much of their history is invention. It ignores the fact that Cyril was not liked by the Origenists, the bishop of Constantinople, John Chrysostom whom Cyril harassed, not to mention other sects. Once in power Cyril viciously turned against the Jews causing innocent Jews to defend themselves who were eventually expelled from Alexandria.

[Tinqwe78]

Hypatia was the greatest Greek neoplatonic philosopher, probably of macedonian extraction, of her era. Raphael placed her centrally in his fresco 'The School of Athens', this is where the photo of the video is taken from. The Spanish film Agora is excellent in portraying her life, and it is also very balanced in terms of the effect of Christianity, barbaric as it eventually was. Her death was not portrayed as it actually happened, I suppose out of respect.

[Piccolo7126]

Hypatia was a neoplatonic philosopher

[hulakan]

This author is stating a lot of things as "fact" that are, in truth, not at all certain. Pop "history" at its worst.

[noblepuker]

Hypatia.I first heard of her from carl sagan.I'm happy to see her here on infidel guy.Awesome interview.This woman must have been influential to be the caretaker of this great library....that,and men were probably scared of this position given it's threat to the church.People would be less likely to kill a woman was the thinking i bet. I wish i could meet her in modern times,and tell her she's not been forgotten.This event is still hurting religion centuries after it happened.I'm in love.