Hypatia : the life and legend of an ancient philosopher / Edward J. Watts.
2017
B667.H84 W38 2017eb
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Title
Hypatia : the life and legend of an ancient philosopher / Edward J. Watts.
ISBN
9780190210045 (electronic book)
0190210044 (electronic book)
9780190659141 (electronic book)
0190659149 (electronic book)
9780190210038
0190210036
0190210044 (electronic book)
9780190659141 (electronic book)
0190659149 (electronic book)
9780190210038
0190210036
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 205 pages).
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B667.H84 W38 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
186/.4 B
Summary
A philosopher, mathematician, and martyr, Hypatia is one of antiquity's best-known female intellectuals. For the sixteen centuries following her murder by a mob of Christians Hypatia has been remembered in books, poems, plays, paintings, and films as a victim of religious intolerance whose death symbolized the end of the Classical world. But Hypatia was a person before she was a symbol. Her great skill in mathematics and philosophy redefined the intellectual life of her home city of Alexandria. Her talent as a teacher enabled her to assemble a circle of dedicated male students. Her devotion to public service made her a force for peace and good government in a city that struggled to maintain trust and cooperation between pagans and Christians. Despite these successes, Hypatia fought countless small battles to live the public and intellectual life that she wanted. This book rediscovers the life Hypatia led, the unique challenges she faced as a woman who succeeded spectacularly in a man's world, and the tragic story of the events that led to her murder.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Women in antiquity.
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Table of Contents
A Lenten murder
Alexandria
Childhood and education
The school of Hypatia
Middle age
A philosophical mother and her children
The public intellectual
Hypatia's sisters
Murder in the street
The memory of Hypatia
A modern symbol
Reconsidering a legend.
Alexandria
Childhood and education
The school of Hypatia
Middle age
A philosophical mother and her children
The public intellectual
Hypatia's sisters
Murder in the street
The memory of Hypatia
A modern symbol
Reconsidering a legend.