Newsgroup: it.cultura.filosofia
Titolo: * IPAZIA*

Qualcuno puň darmi notizie su tale personaggio?
Ipazia una filosofa e matematica, ritenuta come ultimissima grande erede del
neo platonismo, era essenzialmente un'astronoma.
Qualcuno ne sa qualcosa in piů?
Grazie
Anna

"The life of Hypatia was one enriched with a passion for knowledge. Hypatia
was the daughter of Theon, who was considered one of the most educated men
in Alexandria, Egypt. Theon raised Hypatia in a world of education. Most
historians now recognize Hypatia not only as a mathematician and scientist,
but also as a philosopher.
Historians are uncertain of different aspects of Hypatia's life. For
example, Hypatia's date of birth is one that is highly debated. Some
historians believe that Hypatia was born in the year 370 AD. On the other
hand, others argue that she was an older woman (around 60) at the time of
her death, thus making her birth in the year 355 AD.
Throughout her childhood, Theon raised Hypatia in an environment of thought.
Historians believe that Theon tried to raise the perfect human. Theon
himself was a well known scholar and a professor of mathematics at the
University of Alexandria. Theon and Hypatia formed a strong bond as he
taught Hypatia his own knowledge and shared his passion in the search for
answers to the unknown. As Hypatia grew older, she began to develop an
enthusiasm for mathematics and the sciences (astronomy and astrology).
Most historians believe that Hypatia surpassed her father's knowledge at a
young age. However, while Hypatia was still under her father's discipline,
he also developed for her a physical routine to ensure for her a healthy
body as well as a highly functional mind. In her education, Theon instructed
Hypatia on the different religions of the world and taught her how to
influence people with the power of words. He taught her the fundamentals of
teaching, so that Hypatia became a profound orator. People from other cities
came to study and learn from her.
Hypatia's studies included astronomy, astrology, and mathematics. References
in letters by Synesius, one of Hypatia's students, credit Hypatia with the
invention of the astrolabe, a device used in studying astronomy. However,
other sources date this instrument back at least a century earlier. Claudius
Ptolemy wrote extensively on the projection used on the plane astrolabe, and
Hypatia's father wrote an astrolabe treatise that was the basis for much of
what was written later in the Middle Ages. Hypatia did teach about
astrolabes as Synesius had an instrument made that was argueably a form of
astrolabe.
Hypatia was known more for the work she did in mathematics than in
astronomy, primarily for her work on the ideas of conic sections introduced
by Apollonius. She edited the work On the Conics of Apollonius, which
divided cones into different parts by a plane. This concept developed the
ideas of hyperbolas, parabolas, and ellipses. With Hypatia's work on this
important book, she made the concepts easier to understand, thus making the
work survive through many centuries. Hypatia was the first woman to have
such a profound impact on the survival of early thought in mathematics.
Hypatia lived in Alexandria when Christianity started to dominate over the
other religions. In the early 390's, riots broke out frequently between the
different religions. Cyril, a leader among the Christians, and Orestes, the
civil governor, opposed each other. Hypatia was a friend of Orestes and it
is believed that Cyril spread virulent rumors about her. In 415 AD, on
Hypatia's way home, a mob attacked her, stripped her and killed her with
pieces of broken pottery. Later, the mob dragged her through the streets.
Hypatia's life ended tragically, however her life's work remained. Later,
Descartes, Newton, and Leibniz expanded on her work. Hypatia made
extraordinary accomplishments for a woman in her time. Philosophers
considered her a woman of great knowledge and an excellent teacher."

Ti ringrazio Anoleothron!
Anna

Qualcuno può darmi notizie su tale personaggio?
C'entra forse poco, ma ti consiglio Libro di Ipazia di Mario Luzi,
raccoglie due piece teatrali che hanno lei e il suo martirio
protagonista.
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 protagonista.
Ti ringrazio Antonio, mi procurerò il libro, deve essere interessante.
Ciao!!
Anna
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 San Cirillo da questa accusa infamante.
Ripeto: pura e semplice disinformazione. Come ne circola troppo spesso
sulla rete ad opera di un certo revanscismo clericale. Non uso la
parola "cattolico" perché offenderei i numerosi cattolici che cercano
onestamente la verità, senza abbassarsi ad operare delle vere e proprie
mistificazioni.

La verità la si può trovare sotto un potere di menzogne? Oppure in piena
Libertà?
Certo è che il modo in cui è stata massacrata Ipazia è proprio di quel
potere che di corpi ne ha massacrati tantissimi allo stesso modo..ma ha
massacrato corpi non Coscienze..quelle non possono morire ;-)
Ciao!!
Anna

massacrato corpi non Coscienze..quelle non possono morire ;-)
Le idee e la loro circolazione, e' questo il solo modo.
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www.iaciners.org
www.toto63.net

 La mia ignoranza, pur avendo grosse lacune, è enciclopedica: copre tutti i
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Già! Nonostante si perseveri a volerle oscurare io ce la metto tutta ;-)
anche troppo.
Spesso posti sui ng sbagliati :)
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 Spesso posti sui ng sbagliati :)
Vero! :-)))
Comunque...
Ho dovuto killare un numero di ostruzionisti incredibile: nel mio killfile
c'è oltre al papero che era solo da parecchi mesi anche: Claudio Pace (
integralista cattolico) che ostruzionava ogni mio post, anche, max men (
un'altro integralista cattolico) poi Fabrizio Bartelomucci, Marko, e
numerosi altri troll ;-)
Certamente non leggendo i loro attacchi intenti solo a farmi perdere tempo,
riesco a postare quei messaggi che non vorrebbero si leggessero senza
scendere al loro livello di confusionari, tutto il loro ostruzionismo è per
non far conoscere delle cose scomode al potere a cui sono asserviti.
Ciao!!
Anna
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