Little journeys to the homes of great teachers : Hypatia . inwardly his belief is never pigeonholed, nor is hissoul labeled. In theology the great nfan recoils at thoughtof dogmatism, for he knows its vanity; and all algebraicformulas in his sublime moments are cast away. USX how long a time Hypatiaspent upon her pilgrimage,visiting all of the great livingphilosophers, we do not accounts have it one year,others ten. Probably the pilgrim-ages were extended over a goodmany years, and were notcontinuous J^ Several philos-ophers proved their humanity byoffering to marry her, and aprince
Little journeys to the homes of great teachers : Hypatia . inwardly his belief is never pigeonholed, nor is hissoul labeled. In theology the great nfan recoils at thoughtof dogmatism, for he knows its vanity; and all algebraicformulas in his sublime moments are cast away. USX how long a time Hypatiaspent upon her pilgrimage,visiting all of the great livingphilosophers, we do not accounts have it one year,others ten. Probably the pilgrim-ages were extended over a goodmany years, and were notcontinuous J^ Several philos-ophers proved their humanity byoffering to marry her, and aprince or two did likewise, weare creditably informed. To these persistent suitors, however,Hypatia gently broke the news that she was wedded to truth,which is certainly a pretty speech, even if it is poorlogic. The fact was, however, that Hypatia never meta man whose mind matched her own, otherwise logicwould have bolstered love, instead of di^arding Travel, public speaking and meeting people of noteform a strong trinity of good things. The active mind88. H Y P ATIA is the young mind, and it is more than the dream of apoet which declares that Hypatia was always young andalways beautiful and that even Father Time was so inlove with her that he refused to take toll from her, ashe passed with his hour glass and scythe.«J In degree she had followed the example of her greatprototype, Plotinus, and had made herself master of allreligions. She knew too much of all philosophies to believeimplicitly in any. Alexandria was then the intellectual centerof the world. People who resided there called it the hub of theuniverse. It was the meeting place of the East and the West.^ And Hypatia, with her Thursday lectures, was the chiefintellectual factor of Alexandria. Her philosophy she called Neo-Platonism ^;ft It was Platodistilled through the psychic alembic of Hypatia. Just whythe human mind harks back and likes to confirm itself bybuilding on another, it would be interesting to enquire. Toe
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