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Overarching Greek Trends in European Philosophy
Edited by Marco Antonio Coronel Ramos
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 30] 2021
► pp. 145–162

Hypatia’s heterodox scientific teaching

| Universidad de Málaga
Article outline
  • 1.The teaching of science as a creative process
  • 2.Hypatia, a Scientific Philosopher
  • 3.The critical Christian gaze: From Science to malign magic
  • 4.Hypatia in Alexandrian Politics
  • Bibliographics references
Published online: 16 August 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.30.c10mar
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