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Hypatia

Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 355–415 CE) was a Hellenistic Neoplatonist philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer who became one of the earliest known female scholars. She edited and commented on major works, including Ptolemy’s Almagest and Diophantus’s Arithmetica , advancing algebra and astronomical tables, though none of her own writings survive. Her teachings in Alexandria—emphasizing Platonic idealism and empirical science—ended with her murder, which later symbolized the tragic tension between classical rationalism and rising religious dogma.

14 summaries in the archive

19th Century Did Charles Bradlaugh Die an Atheist? – Hypatia Hypatia

This pamphlet argues that Charles Bradlaugh remained an atheist to the end, based on his public record and…

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African Studies The Slave Struggle in America – Hypatia Hypatia

The Slave Struggle in America is a historical work presented in the form of a series of lectures,…

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Cultural Studies The Gallows and the Lash – Hypatia Hypatia

The Gallows and the Lash is a historical study published in 1897 by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner, a British…

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Anthropology Christianizing the Heathen – Hypatia Hypatia

Christianizing the Heathen is an inquiry into the efficacy, methods, and consequences of Christian missionary work around the…

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Aesthetics Belief, Make-belief, and Unbelief – Hypatia Hypatia

The author begins by distinguishing three distinct mental postures: belief as truth-commitment, make-belief as voluntary fiction, and unbelief…

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Christian Theology Penalties upon Opinion, or, Some Records of the Laws of Heresy and Blasphemy – Hypatia Hypatia

A documentary collection of historical laws and penalties enacted against heresy and blasphemy, drawn from various ages and…

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Christian Theology Christianity and Conduct – Hypatia Hypatia

Christianity and Conduct is a critical examination of the influence of Christian religion upon the moral behaviour and…

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History Of Science Humanity’s Gain from Unbelief – Hypatia Hypatia

The work argues that human progress in morality, science, and social organization has advanced not because of religious…

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19th Century Charles Bradlaugh, Vol. 1 – Hypatia Hypatia

Hypatia presents the first volume of a biography of Charles Bradlaugh, documenting his public career and private character…

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Christian Theology The Surprising Horror of the Christian Idea – Hypatia Hypatia

The Christian idea, stripped of pious sentiment, is a machine designed to produce a specific kind of terror,…

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19th Century Charles Bradlaugh – Hypatia Hypatia

The book is a detailed, chronological account of Bradlaugh's life, drawing extensively on his own writings, letters, and…

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Christian Theology Christian Hell – Hypatia Hypatia

Christian Hell is a critical and historical examination of the doctrine of eternal punishment as taught by Christian…

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18th Century Paine’s Political Writings During the American and French Revolutions – Hypatia Hypatia

Hypatia frames Thomas Paine as an active intellectual engine behind both the American and French Revolutions, whose pamphlets…

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19th Century Catalogue of the Library of the Late Charles Bradlaugh – Hypatia Hypatia

The work is a bibliographic record, listing books from his personal collection that were to be sold.

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