Hypatia
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Birth Name: Hypatia
Country of origin: Greece
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Hypatia (b. ca. AD 350–370, d. March 415)was a Greek scholar from Alexandria, Egypt, who is considered the first notable female mathematician; she also taught philosophy and astronomy.

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"“Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.” ― Hypatia “Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing. The mind of a child accepts them, and only through great pain, perhaps even tragedy, can the child be relieved of them.” “To rule by fettering the mind through fear of punishment in another world is just as base as to use force.” “All f"
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