Free Inquiry, September 22nd, 1996
Freethinkers have often pointed to Hypatia (355? - 415 C.E.) as a genuine freethought martyr (perhaps the first, but at least the first woman freethought martyr), killed for her views by fanatical Christians. Now, in this first book-length scholarly examination of Hypatia's life, much of our "knowledge" of Hypatia is called into question. The book starts out with a review of all previous writing done on Hypatia in the form of historical novels. Actually, so little is really known about the facts of Hypatia's life that it is impossible to write a full biography. These novels (e.g., Charles Ki...
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