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Hypatia (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy.
Mar 14, 2010 · Hypatia was one of the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria and one of the first women to study and teach mathematics, astronomy and philosophy. Though she is remembered more for her violent...
Hypatia (born c. 355 ce —died March 415, Alexandria) was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who lived in a very turbulent era in Alexandria’s history. She is the earliest female mathematician of whose life and work reasonably detailed knowledge exists.
Sep 2, 2009 · Hypatia of Alexandria was a Neo-Platonist philosopher who was murdered by a Christian mob in 415 CE. Her death is often cited as the end of the Classical Age and the beginning of the Christian Period.
Jun 20, 2021 · Hypatia is probably the most famous of the female philosophers from the ancient world, because of her shocking death. But how unusual was she? While Hypatia would most definitely have stood out as a novelty, she was not the only woman who taught philosophy under the Roman Empire.
Jun 11, 2018 · Hypatia, the first woman in history to have lectured and written critical works on the most advanced mathematics of her day, was the daughter and pupil of the mathematician Theon of Alexandria.
Oct 7, 2017 · The following chapter, “The Memory of Hypatia”, discusses the reception of Hypatia in ecclesiastical histories and chronicles, Damascius’ Life of Isidore, Suda and the Egyptian historical tradition. Watts discusses why, in antiquity, Hypatia’s life was often seen as a turning point in history and shows how various authors’ commitments ...
That a woman could become a prominent philosopher and influential public figure in late-antique Alexandria is surprising. Her manner of death — a philosopher in her sixties, killed in the streets by a mob led by monks, her body mutilated — shocked cultured people at the time and continues to be discussed today.
Hypatia of Alexandria, considered the world’s first female mathematician, was born between 350 and 370 CE to her father, the mathematician and philosopher Theon. He raised Hypatia to take over his position as an educator. He achieved this goal, as is evident in Hypatia’s legacy.
The philosopher Hypatia (350/370–415 ce) is one of the outstanding figures in the intellectual life of Late Antiquity. She is considered a symbol of the transformation of science and philosophy under the Christian bishops in Alexandria at the end of the 4th century ce.
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