The Philosopher Mathematicians of Alexandria:
Euclid and Hypatia
Euclid in his Elements brilliantly proceeds from point, line, and plane to solid, culminating in Book 13 in the five Platonic “regular” solids. Hypatia of Alexandria, “the woman philosopher of antiquity” who taught Synesius how to build an astrolabe, endured the most savage martyrdom, and can be considered to reflect the highest ideals and virtues of the divine feminine, beauty and “Sophia” or wisdom.
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