Death of Hypatia®

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  • WIBCI Post #27

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from PHILOSOPHY and HISTORY?

    Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that:

    – a free society must be dominated by its middle class, when the middle class is flourishing it moderates the gulf between rich and poor. It forestalls the development of a two class society which can become a civil war waiting to happen.

    Rousseau also believes, and history has taught us, that civil strife always takes liberty as its first casualty.

    What do YOU think about the Middle Class?… more “WIBCI Post #27”

  • WIBCI Post #26

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from POLITICS?

    All the departments that are being closed, all the programs that are being defunded, and all the jobs that were lost……where is the $ that is saved/stolen/defunded going exactly?

    Do YOU know where the $ went?… more “WIBCI Post #26”

  • WIBCI Post #25

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from PHILOSOPHY?

    ‘First they ignore you,

    then they laugh at you,

    then they fight you,

    then you win.’

    -Mahatma Gandhi

    If YOU are in the game, which stage are YOU at?

    … more “WIBCI Post #25”

  • WIBCI Post #24

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY?

    ‘When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.’

    -President Richard Nixon before he was impeached and removed from office

    What do YOU think?

     … more “WIBCI Post #24”

  • WIBCI Post #23

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from POLITICS?

    Here are my understanding of tariffs:

    Country A puts a tariff on a product produced both foreign and domestic, let’s say Steel for example.

    This hopes to promote more interest in the cheaper product produced domestically so the consumer can make a choice based on quality and price that favors the domestic producer.

    When Country A puts a tariff on a product that is NOT produced domestically, let’s say Bananas for example….

    As this product is not produced domestically and does NOT give the consumer a choice NOR favor the non-existent domestic producer, the consumer pays more for the product.

    Lose/Lose

    What do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #23”

  • WIBCI Post #22

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from PHILOSOPHY?

    John Lennon said:

    ‘When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life.’

    What do YOU think?

    … more “WIBCI Post #22”

  • WIBCI Post #21

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY?

    ‘History is written by the winners.’

    –Napoleon

    What do YOU Think? Why would this matter? What would be different if it was written by the losers?… more “WIBCI Post #21”

  • WIBCI Post #20

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from LITERATURE?

    WIBCI we knew the meaning of life while we were alive?

    ‘The misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, and had lost the power forever.’

    – Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol

    aka you CAN’T take it with you. Hey -illionaires, you going out Marley or Scrooge?… more “WIBCI Post #20”

  • WIBCI Post #19

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY?

    WIBCI we learned from the Death of Hypatia:

    Who/What happened to Hypatia of Alexandria?

    Hypatia was a woman born c. 350 who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. We do not know what Hypatia looked like nor do we have any of her writings. What we know of Hypatia is from her students, contemporaries, rumor, slander and myth. The scholar/mathematician/philosopher/astronomer was beloved by Christians and Pagans alike. Known for her tolerance and intelligence, students traveled from all corners of the empire to study with the Neoplatonist. Neoplatonism is a combination of philosophy/mathematics/science into an order which attempts an explanation for the universe. Reknown for her inclusivity for all people/religions, she established great influence in the philosophical and political realms of Alexandria. Orestes, the Roman prefect (Roman Governor) sought advise from Hypatia during a public feud between himself and Cyril, the archbishop of Alexandria. The archbishop, in the name of Christianity, began to impose on Orestes’ secular authority. Orestes was attacked, saved by the people of Alexandria, discovered the leader of the perpetrators whom he had tortured and killed. Cyril placed the blame on Hypatia, the witch, possibly due to her influence, maybe jealously for her popularity and/or to get her tolerance out of the way. Although the details of her death will never be known, it is believed that in c. 415 a mob pulled Hypatia from her carriage and dragged her into a church. Her flesh was scraped from her body; it is believed to have been done with roof tiles or oyster shells. She was dismembered and burnt.

    Why this is considered a death of Hypatia moment:           

    • The event caused a scholarly exodus, Alexandria ceased to be the intellectual capital of the world.
    • The event attributed to the decline in intellectualism in the Roman Empire.
    • The event is arguably noted as the moment that marks the end of the Classical Era.
    • Any death of Hypatia moment results in the decline in people thinking for themselves due to the increase in organizational persecution for thinking anyway other than what the status quo of the day dictates.
    Free thought has been the historical Achilles’ heel for those few who contribute to death of Hypatia moments.
     
    What do YOU think?
    … more “WIBCI Post #19”

  • WIBCI Post #18

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from LITERATURE?

    “There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science.”

    George Orwell, 1984

    This doesn’t seem fun to you does it? Whom could such a time be good for? Remind you of anyone?

    What do YOU think?

    … more “WIBCI Post #18”

  • WIBCI Post #17

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from PHILOSOPHY:

    WIBCI: we took more ‘Before’ Pictures?

    When the juices are flowing and you can picture how to make something better than how it is…right now. Take a picture of that.

    I think this moment should be celebrated just as good as ‘Afters’. If there wasn’t a Before, there wouldn’t be an After.

    Do YOU have any Before pics?… more “WIBCI Post #17”

  • WIBCI Post #16

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If: Consumers mattered more than illionaires and the corporations that are ruining the world?

    WIBCI: I didn’t pay for Cable, pay for wifi, pay for streaming services, and yet, be asked to pay even MORE to stop the streaming services from showing adds promoting the streaming service I’m are already paying for?… more “WIBCI Post #16”

  • WIBCI Post #15

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If: Nature gave me a break?

    WIBCI: the birds that start their singsong jam session outside my bedroom window at 4am every morning, didn’t?… more “WIBCI Post #15”

  • WIBCI Post #14

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we believed more in POLITICS?

    For example WIBCI: our leaders had a better grasp of economics?

    There is an evenness that needs to exist on a global scale so the consumer can select the best product, not so one country can make all the money.

    Better for the Most.… more “WIBCI Post #14”

  • WIBCI Post #13

    Wouldn’t It Be Cool If people sucked less?

    WIBCI people were more like Bill Murray?

    What do YOU think?

     … more “WIBCI Post #13”

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