Posted on May 23, 2009 at 2:39am
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Hypatia of Alexandria
(355 or 370 - 415/416 A.D.)
"She was a fine philosopher -- for a woman" when hearing about ancient female prodigies. The were "respectable" women, were nearly non-existent.
This woman, however, defies all such qualifiers.
Hypatia was, simply, the last great Alexandrian mathematician and philosopher. By writing a commentary on The Conics of Apollonius of Perga which divided cones into sections by a plane, Hypatia made geometry intelligible to…
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Dear Lahiri,
Thanks for being my Spiritual Friend...
Hello, How are you?
Noor
iPeace is deleted from David Califa the end of June. Here you can find a new home.
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You are cordially invited.
Warm regards, Eva
It all starts with the children.
I should be pleased if you joined our new network ; Children are the Future
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Welcome *smile*/Gunilla
But back to anger When you discuss western religion you must admit that you become pretty frustrated...
anger is a mild word..;) But why cannot we accept anger too? There must be situations where it is warranted and should be defended
Just a reflection*smile*
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Nice to hearing from you. I would like dicusse about those subjets too. I will write you soon.
Peace,
Noor
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