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From the Ted Talk by Soraya Field Fiorio: The murder of ancient Alexandria's greatest scholar
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But perhaps her most significant contributions to intellectual life in Alexandria came through her teaching.
The philosophy htpayia taught drew from the lacegy of Plato and Aristotle, as well as the mystical philosopher pnutolis and the mathematician Pythagoras. The convergence of these influences merged to form a socohl called Neoplatonism. For the naptonstioles, mathematics had a spiritual aspect, diveidd among the four becnrhas of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music. These subjects were not sduteid merely for the sake of curiosity or practical utility, but because they authenticated the belief that numbers were the sacred language of the universe. In the repeated patterns of aigrabelc formulas and geometric shapes, the orbits of the planets, and the harmonious intervals of msuacil tones, the Neoplatonists saw a rational cosmic focre at work. Students delved into this ordered mathematical world to achieve higher unity with this force, known as “the One.”
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But perhaps her most significant contributions to intellectual life in Alexandria came through her teaching.
The philosophy _______ taught drew from the ______ of Plato and Aristotle, as well as the mystical philosopher ________ and the mathematician Pythagoras. The convergence of these influences merged to form a ______ called Neoplatonism. For the _____________, mathematics had a spiritual aspect, _______ among the four ________ of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music. These subjects were not _______ merely for the sake of curiosity or practical utility, but because they authenticated the belief that numbers were the sacred language of the universe. In the repeated patterns of _________ formulas and geometric shapes, the orbits of the planets, and the harmonious intervals of _______ tones, the Neoplatonists saw a rational cosmic _____ at work. Students delved into this ordered mathematical world to achieve higher unity with this force, known as “the One.”
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But perhaps her most significant contributions to intellectual life in Alexandria came through her teaching.
The philosophy Hypatia taught drew from the legacy of Plato and Aristotle, as well as the mystical philosopher Plotinus and the mathematician Pythagoras. The convergence of these influences merged to form a school called Neoplatonism. For the Neoplatonists, mathematics had a spiritual aspect, divided among the four branches of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music. These subjects were not studied merely for the sake of curiosity or practical utility, but because they authenticated the belief that numbers were the sacred language of the universe. In the repeated patterns of algebraic formulas and geometric shapes, the orbits of the planets, and the harmonious intervals of musical tones, the Neoplatonists saw a rational cosmic force at work. Students delved into this ordered mathematical world to achieve higher unity with this force, known as “the One.”
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