Hypatia was born c. 355 ce and died on March 415 in Alexandria, and she was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who was described as the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria and a charismatic teacher in the history. There is no doubt that Hypatia was creative and intelligent, but the things she created was called magic lately and was defined as a Satanic wiles which she used to beguile people by the seventh-century Egyptian Coptic bishop, John of Nikiû, and at the same time she was identified as a pagan who publicly talked about a non-Christian philosophy by the head of the church of Alexandria Cyril “After a few years, a mob of Christian zealots led by Peter the Lector accosted a Hypatia’s carriage and dragged her from it and
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She learned mathematics and astronomy from Theon at a young age and organized some of his commentaries later. “It is thought that Book III of Theon’s version of Ptolemy’s Almagest—the treatise that established the Earth-centric model for the universe that wouldn’t be overturned until the time of Copernicus and Galileo—was actually the work of Hypatia. Besides, Hypatia was known as a great female philosophical leader and was accused of playing in the political struggle between two overconfident, religiously warring men in her late …show more content…
Also, It is the place where she established herself as a philosopher after she returned to Alexandria from Athens, Greece. “ She lectured on Diophantus' "Arithmetica." Her speeches included discussions on the techniques Diophantus developed, solutions to her indeterminate problems, and the symbolism she devised. She is also said to have lectured on people such as Plato and Aristotle” (Mercer). Although Hypatia taught these philosophical ideas with a scientific emphasis which the early Christians identified as paganism, her students were all over the world, and some of them were outstanding Christians. “One of the most famous Christians is Synesius of Cyrene who was later to become the Bishop of Ptolemais. Many of the letters that Synesius wrote to Hypatia have been preserved and we see someone who was filled with admiration and reverence for Hypatia's learning and scientific abilities (Hypatia of Alexandria)”. In 412, Hypatia was targeted and was identified as a pagan by Christians of Alexandria due to the political struggle. “The current political struggle between the head of the church of Alexandria (Cyril) and the head of the government (Orestes) needed a scapegoat; since Hypatia was already making waves in society and she was a friend of Orestes, she was the easiest and best
She learned mathematics and astronomy from Theon at a young age and organized some of his commentaries later. “It is thought that Book III of Theon’s version of Ptolemy’s Almagest—the treatise that established the Earth-centric model for the universe that wouldn’t be overturned until the time of Copernicus and Galileo—was actually the work of Hypatia. Besides, Hypatia was known as a great female philosophical leader and was accused of playing in the political struggle between two overconfident, religiously warring men in her late …show more content…
Also, It is the place where she established herself as a philosopher after she returned to Alexandria from Athens, Greece. “ She lectured on Diophantus' "Arithmetica." Her speeches included discussions on the techniques Diophantus developed, solutions to her indeterminate problems, and the symbolism she devised. She is also said to have lectured on people such as Plato and Aristotle” (Mercer). Although Hypatia taught these philosophical ideas with a scientific emphasis which the early Christians identified as paganism, her students were all over the world, and some of them were outstanding Christians. “One of the most famous Christians is Synesius of Cyrene who was later to become the Bishop of Ptolemais. Many of the letters that Synesius wrote to Hypatia have been preserved and we see someone who was filled with admiration and reverence for Hypatia's learning and scientific abilities (Hypatia of Alexandria)”. In 412, Hypatia was targeted and was identified as a pagan by Christians of Alexandria due to the political struggle. “The current political struggle between the head of the church of Alexandria (Cyril) and the head of the government (Orestes) needed a scapegoat; since Hypatia was already making waves in society and she was a friend of Orestes, she was the easiest and best