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Edward J. Watts

Hypatia

The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher

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A philosopher, mathematician, and martyr, Hypatia is one of antiquity's best known female intellectuals. During 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 an… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-021004-5
  • EAN: 9780190210045
  • Produktnummer: 29055571
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 240 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 12'007 KB

Über den Autor


The Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Chair and Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego, Edward Watts studies the intellectual and religious history of the later Roman and early Byzantine Empires. He is the author of three prize-winning books and the editor of three edited volumes. This is his first of two upcoming works for OUP.

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