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'''Hypatia of Alexandria''' was a philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer living in the city of Alexandria from 370 <del>C.E.</del> A.D to 415 <del>C.E.</del> A.D.  She is credited with the invention of the astrolabe and the hydrometer, as well as with having written several treatises on conic sections and the works of the geometer and astronomer Ptolemy.
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'''Hypatia of Alexandria''' was a philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer living in the city of Alexandria from 370 A.D to 415 A.D.  She is credited with the invention of the astrolabe and the hydrometer, as well as with having written several treatises on conic sections and the works of the geometer and astronomer Ptolemy.
    
During this time in the history of [[Alexandria]], the good and godly forces of the Church had entered the city in order to wrest control of it from the decadent, depraved and heretical intellectuals and Hellenistic pagans who had built a great library and museum there in order to venerate worldly knowledge above God.  This idolatry of reason, art, and literature had to be expunged by any means.
 
During this time in the history of [[Alexandria]], the good and godly forces of the Church had entered the city in order to wrest control of it from the decadent, depraved and heretical intellectuals and Hellenistic pagans who had built a great library and museum there in order to venerate worldly knowledge above God.  This idolatry of reason, art, and literature had to be expunged by any means.

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