Hypatia - In fact men will fight for a superst...

In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable.

Hypatia

Greek Philosopher

Born: 350

Died: 415

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Aristotle, Diogenes, Epictetus, Epicurus, Heraclitus, Plato, Plutarch, Socrates

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