Hypatia: The Murder of Knowledge

There are names that should be carved into the collective memory of humanity—and Hypatia of Alexandria is one of them. She wasn’t a conqueror. She didn’t lead armies or rule nations. What she did was far more dangerous: she taught people to think. In a time when empires rose and fell by the sword, Hypatia wielded something more powerful: intellect. Logic. Reason. She was a mathematician, a philosopher, an astronomer, and a teacher of great renown. And for that, in 415 AD, she was brutally murdered by a mob of men—driven by fear, fanaticism, and power politics. Let’s talk about her story. And why, if you’re a writer—especially one who dares to write smart, female, or defiant characters—you need to know her name. A Woman of Reason in a World of Rage Alexandria, in the 4th and 5th centuries, was a city of brilliance and turmoil. Once the intellectual heart of the ancient world, it was now caught in the slow, grinding collision between pagan philosophy and rising Christian aut...