Hypatia, a Martyr for freedom.

[Drifterwood]

I was reminded of Hypatia last night by a new BBC series.

ABC Radio National - Ockham's Razor Transcript - 3 Aug 97

If you want a warning against the transgressions of Fundamentalists look no further.

If you want to see the sexist nature of christianity as still felt, look no further.

 

[Drifterwood]

A bit naff, but the film Agora covers her story.

YouTube - Film - Agora (with Rachel Weisz as Hypatia) - Trailer

 

[Drifterwood]

Name me one woman philosopher?

Name me one woman who lead the field of science and learning?

I have said this myself twenty years ago when under attack for having a cock.

Buried beneath the rubble of humanity we find a gem to shame all diamonds.

And you phuquers have nothing to say. Hey ho.

 

[MickeyLee]

i read the article, then jumped around searching out everything i could find related to Ms. Hypatia.

i didn't really have anything to say other than crushing and awe for the long gone uber babe. :shysmile:

thank you for posting. i know something i didn't know before i clicked the link. and the new is a wonderful something, Mr. Drifterwood.

 

[D_Tully Tunnelrat]

Name me one woman philosopher?

Name me one woman who lead the field of science and learning?

Good topic. There maybe few and far between, but here's a few...

Contemporaries:
Jane Goodall, US Anthropologist
Shirley Anne Jackson, US Physicist
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, UK Philosopher (Kantian) and Member HOL
Rosalind Hursthouse, Aussie Aristotelian Philosopher

Deceased:
Ayn Rand - Russian-US Philosopher Theory of Objectivism
Marie Curie - French Physicist-Chemist Theory of Radioactivity
Grace Murray Hopper - US Created first computer code compiler
Karen Horney - German Psychologist

Be curious to see the film on Hypatia, if only for the recreation of that time period. The arc of the plot looks, well, as you say, naff.

 

[D_Gunther Snotpole]

Name me one woman philosopher?

Simone de Beauvoir
G.E.M. Anscombe
Martha Nussbaum
Philippa Foot
Iris Murdoch
Simone Veil
Hannah Arendt

 

[D_Portelay Porquesword]

Hypatia was a fascinating woman. The Racheal Weiz movie was enjoyable.

 

[Drifterwood]

Simone de Beauvoir
G.E.M. Anscombe
Martha Nussbaum
Philippa Foot
Iris Murdoch
Simone Veil
Hannah Arendt

And your problem with the concept of the singular? :smile:

Which one would you choose out of interest? Apart obviously from the one with the biggest tits. :biggrin1:

 

[Drifterwood]

Hypatia was a fascinating woman. The Racheal Weiz movie was enjoyable.

I'll have to get on to Amazon to get a copy then. Did you know much about the period before you watched the movie? I always find movies with a "blockbuster" feel rather difficult when they cover history that I know reasobaly well.

 

[D_Gunther Snotpole]

Which one would you choose out of interest? Apart obviously from the one with the biggest tits. :biggrin1:

Been so many years.
Maybe Nussbaum.

 

[Drifterwood]

Been so many years.
Maybe Nussbaum.

The Hetaira :tongue:

Yes, very impressive mind.

 

[D_Gunther Snotpole]

The Hetaira :tongue:

Not quite sure.
She is educated but never charges.