Hypatia
This book is a remarkable instance of the range of Kingsley`s powers. No difference could be greater than that between the stirring age of Elizabeth and that of
This book is a remarkable instance of the range of Kingsley`s powers. No difference could be greater than that between the stirring age of Elizabeth and that of Alexandria in the fifth century, when the world was occupied with barren ecclesiastical strife. Hypatia, the last defender of the pagan faith, is a wonderful study, and the whole book is a brilliant picture of the passing of the old faiths of Greece and Rome.
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