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religious brawl
Richie 2022-10-18 22:39:23
The mutual slaughter of polytheism and Christianity is a farce. Religion cannot be serious, and seriousness will lead to extremes. That female teacher is sick, can she take the book out if she loses her life? Daus, the lowly slave, not only turned his back on becoming an accomplice in the destruction of the classics by Christians, but also went back to humiliate the hostess Hypatia. Amidst the religious struggle, a woman philosopher's enthusiasm for science speculated that the earth revolved around the sun in an elliptical orbit. Christianity began to dominate, above secular power. In the end, Daus died in order not to be insulted by the Christian crowd, covering her with his hands and suffocating her to death. Hypatia's body was mutilated by stoning and paraded through the streets to be burned. Orestes, the admiral, was permanently exiled, and Cyril took over the power of Alexander alone and was canonized as a saint, a saint of the church. Although Hypatia's achievements were not preserved, he was regarded as an excellent astronomer by later generations. 1200 years later in the 17th century, Johannes Kepler explained that the ellipse of the conic section governs the motion of the planet. Christianity at that time was very similar to today's cults, and Cyril was a god.
Extended Reading
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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.
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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?