HYPATIA'S LOVER
JUST PUBLISHED
My latest book, Hypatia's Lover, has just been published.
http://www.virtualbookworm.com/store/search.php?mode=search&page=1
This is a fictionalized account of the last days in the life of Hypatia, the Alexandrian philosopher who was brutally murdered by a Christian mob in 415 AD. The fictional love story is treated allusively, in very light touches, mostly through fleeting recollections evoked by incidents in the sad love stories of two of her students. In the story line the I have not tampered with any known facts.
The tragic tale is followed by a collection of imaginary excerpts from lectures and speeches of Hypatia. The philosophy presented in the imaginary lectures and speeches is confessedly my own. This is rendered pardonable and necessary by the fact that, thanks to the Church, Hypatia’s philosophical works have been completely lost to us.
If the moving portrayal of Hypatia’s tragedy is met with ire in some quarters, I offer no apology and have no regret. Hypatia’s atrocious slaughter is a sore wound in the human conscience that must be kept smarting if it is not to fester and poison the whole human body.
My latest book, Hypatia's Lover, has just been published.
http://www.virtualbookworm.com/store/search.php?mode=search&page=1
This is a fictionalized account of the last days in the life of Hypatia, the Alexandrian philosopher who was brutally murdered by a Christian mob in 415 AD. The fictional love story is treated allusively, in very light touches, mostly through fleeting recollections evoked by incidents in the sad love stories of two of her students. In the story line the I have not tampered with any known facts.
The tragic tale is followed by a collection of imaginary excerpts from lectures and speeches of Hypatia. The philosophy presented in the imaginary lectures and speeches is confessedly my own. This is rendered pardonable and necessary by the fact that, thanks to the Church, Hypatia’s philosophical works have been completely lost to us.
If the moving portrayal of Hypatia’s tragedy is met with ire in some quarters, I offer no apology and have no regret. Hypatia’s atrocious slaughter is a sore wound in the human conscience that must be kept smarting if it is not to fester and poison the whole human body.
posted by D. R. Khashaba at 9:13 PM
1 Comments:
Hi,
You probably have no tolerance to hear from a Christian, which is fine. You know the philosophical arguments against Christianity, of which I will be no match. But I am one voice who calls out and says: reconsider your truth. Maybe, just maybe, the philosophical system you have reasoned out and now trusted in has a flaw. Philosophically, you can't know that your system of reason is correct - you can only believe in certain assumptions, and build from there. Maybe you've been believing the wrong assumptions this whole time.
If you are willing to know a different truth, then explore with an open mind. If you are set in your ways, then sorry for taking your time, and God bless.
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