Hypatia vs. Plotinus

Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers

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Hypatia

1858 – 1935

Philosophy

Hypatia was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, at that time in the province of Egypt and a major city of the Roman Empire. In Alexandria, Hypatia was a prominent thinker who taught subjects including philosophy and astronomy, and in her lifetime was renowned as a great teacher and a wise counselor. Not the only fourth century Alexandrian female mathematician, Hypatia was preceded by Pandrosion.

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"Dora Russell: "Hypatia Or Woman And Knowledge"

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Plotinus

Plotinus

205 – 270

Philosophy
Ancient Rome
Neoplatonism

Plotinus was a Hellenistic Greek philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt. Plotinus is regarded by modern scholarship as the founder of Neoplatonism.

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"Hence, as Narcissus, by catching at the shadow, plunged himself in the stream and disappeared, so he who is captivated by beautiful bodies, and does not depart …"

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Plotinus was influenced by Hypatia

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