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Hypatia of Alexandria (Revealing Antiquity , No 8) (Paperback, 1996, Harvard University Press) No rating

Thus Hypatia’s students always feel the presence of her “divine spirit”51. Not just Hypatia’s soul is holy; all of her being is sanctified; even her hands, which receive Synesius’ letters, are “sacred” (Ep. 133). As Plato’s successor she is blessed with charisma that enables her to teach others, and she fulfills her vocation with devotion, as if god himself had called her to this purpose. Zealously disclosing to her students the “sacred” sense of philosophic inquiry, she is regarded as a “genuine guide in the mysteries of philosophy” (gnesia kathegemon ton philosophias orgion) (Ep. 137). The appellation of guide along the avenues of “genuine" sacred philosophy was accorded in Hypatia’s time only to those Neoplatonists who distinguished themselves though a sort of personal holiness, though fame on account of their wisdom and spiritual authority.52 At the side of so elevated a teacher students consider themselves Fortune’s darlings. They surround her joyfully, like choristers to a leader. Writing in 402 to his brother Euoptius, who was probably still studying with Hypatia, Synesius asks him to extend salutations to “the fortunate chorus that delights in her oracular utterance,” or more precisely, “her divinely sweet voice” (Ep. 5).

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This description of Hypatia is really cool.

Fem (Paperback, Hystériques & Associées) 5 stars

Joan Nestle est une icône lesbienne. Née en 1940 dans le Bronx au sein d’une …

Au moment où nous explorons la culture des femmes et son lien avec la culture lesbienne, nous devons prendre conscience qu'il nous faut arrêter de dire que le fait d'être lesbienne représente plus qu'une sexualité. La sexualité n'est pas une force restrictive: elle est en elle-même tout un univers qui alimente les feux de toutes nos autres réalisations. Beaucoup d'entre nous commencent tout juste à comprendre les possibilités du choix érotique et de la création de soi. C'est cette déclaration ouverte de notre assise sexuelle que les moralistes et les gouvernements ont tenté de réduire au silence. Ils savent qu'une lesbienne qui célèbre son désir symbolise la possibilité du changement social pour toutes les femmes.

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