The beauty of mathematics The evil of religion

Ida 2022-09-05 16:07:39

After watching this movie, my mood is very complicated
. At the end of the film, I cried because of false teachings, Davus' complicated love, and Hypatia's eyes that looked up to the sky and the oval roof. The

heroine Hypatia is beautiful and intelligent. She pursues philosophical truth. She dreamed of unraveling the mysteries of celestial motion and she did it.
She only cared about science. She believed in science and questioned science. She knelt down and looked at the birth sun. She was beautiful as a woman. She was so good that men feared her. It doesn't belong to any man She dedicated herself to Philosophy and Science Such a woman Needless to say she is beauty

incarnate While exercising in the library while salvaging books Hypatia prods Davus over and over again
He is so humble in love with her Just touching her feet in bed is satisfied And Davus' anger His betrayal makes Hypatia Gave him his freedom Since then he has seen more and more of another side of Christianity, an act that is no longer as simple as sending bread and he was confused
when Hypatia was caught that witch was to see her one more time to make her Do you look back once more (I don't know this very well, I've watched it many times and it feels like Davus is shouting)
Davus hugged Hypatia who was shaking all over, he looked at her She looked at her and it was a tacit understanding "It's okay, it's very It's going to be okay." I thought the two were kissing but the camera turned and it was. . . What kind of love is this? Love for Hypatia, love for God? The appearance of the boy in the past and the appearance of the master are so clearly imprinted in my mind. There are

so many cases of slaughter and persecution in the name of religion that I can't bear to recall

the time when the library was destroyed. It makes people feel sad and civilization is easily destroyed. Wisdom accumulated over thousands of years

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Agora quotes

  • Heladius Dignitary: The majority of us here... have accepted Christ. Why not the rest of you? It's only a matter of time and you know it.

    Hypatia: Really? It is just a matter of time?... As far as I am aware, your God has not yet proved himself to be more just or more merciful than his predecessors. Is it really just a matter of time before I accept your faith?

    Heladius Dignitary: Why should this assembly accept the council of someone who admittedly believes in absolutely nothing?

    Hypatia: I believe in philosophy.

  • Hypatia: Ever since Plato, all of them - Aristarchus, Hipparchus, Ptolemy - they have all, all, all tried to reconcile their observations with circular orbits. But what if another shape is hiding in the heavens?

    Davus: Another shape? Lady, there is no shape more pure than the circle; you taught us that.

    Hypatia: I know, I know, but suppose - just suppose! - the purity of the circle has blinded us from seeing anything beyond it! I must begin all over with new eyes. I must rethink everything!... What if we dared to look at the world just as it is. Let us shed for a moment every preconceived idea - what shape would it show us?