Project Gutenberg 2020-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 202 Toland, John 1670 1722 Patricola Hypatia or, The history of a most beautiful, most vertuous, most learned, and every way accomplish'd lady; who was torn to pieces by the clergy of Alexandria, to gratify the pride, emulation, and cruelty of their archbishop, commonly but undeservedly styled St. Cyril Produced by MWS, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Hypatia" by John Toland is a historical account written in the mid-18th century. The book explores the life and tragic death of Hypatia, a renowned philosopher and mathematician of ancient Alexandria, highlighting her extraordinary accomplishments and the brutal circumstances surrounding her demise at the hands of a religious mob. It aims to shed light on the tension between rising Christianity and the declining pagan philosophy of the time. The narrative follows Hypatia, who is celebrated for her beauty as well as her intellect. As the daughter of Theon, the head of the Alexandrian School, she receives an education that surpasses that available to most women of her era, eventually becoming a prominent teacher and philosopher in her own right. However, her close relationship with Orestes, the Roman governor of Alexandria, incites the envy and ire of Bishop Cyril and his followers. Their animosity culminates in a tragic conspiracy that leads to Hypatia's brutal murder, which serves both as a condemnation of the violent intersection of politics and religion during her time and as a poignant reminder of her legacy as a symbol of knowledge and virtue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Hypatia, -415 Cyril, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, approximately 370-444 Christianity -- Egypt -- Alexandria Alexandria (Egypt) -- Church history BR Text Category: Biographies Category: History - Ancient 105721 2025-09-25T05:59:04.146561 text/html 78422 2024-10-18T05:30:47 text/html 419503 2025-09-25T05:59:09.611547 application/epub+zip 420184 2025-09-25T05:59:06.729553 application/epub+zip 105961 2025-09-25T05:59:05.405536 application/epub+zip 469363 2025-09-25T05:59:11.558544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438058 2025-09-25T05:59:08.534550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135440 2022-09-28T12:16:20.758600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75764 2025-09-25T05:59:03.516563 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 55963 2024-10-18T05:30:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17223 2025-09-25T05:59:11.681489 application/rdf+xml 18364 2025-09-25T05:59:05.503541 image/jpeg 3094 2025-09-25T05:59:05.454540 image/jpeg 501733 2025-09-25T05:59:04.168517 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia