Human Rights
Hypatia: the mother of philosophers
There is nothing more powerful than a mother’s heart. On the occasion of Mother’s Day, I pay a modest tribute to all mothers by way of a pioneering woman in mathematics and astronomy and an icon of philosophy in ancient times. In Ecclesiastical History, written in the 5th century by historian Socrates Scholasticus (not to be confused with Socrates the prince of philosophers), we find this important record: “There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia (approximately AD 355-415), daughter of the mathematician...
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