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Espritch
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 02/03/2002 : 19:52:06
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The January 13, 2002 topic for Astronomy Picture of the Day was a lady named Hypatia of Alexandria (370? - 414 AD). She was an early astonomer and philosopher who made important contributions to the field of geometry. Here are two quotes attributed to her:
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."
"To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing."
With thinking like that, it should come as no surprize to anyone here that she met her death at the hands of a mob of angry Christians. 
Edited by - espritch on 02/03/2002 22:06:21
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