#TOLAND

Kenny Pearceklp@zirk.us
2023-05-20

John #Toland's #Hypatia (1720) is interesting in the context of today's de-naming and 'cancellation' controversies.

On Toland's telling of the story, Cyril actively promotes deadly violence against the innocent Hypatia b/c of a political & ideological rivalry, but nevertheless is revered as a saint b/c he mouthed the right nonsense words in the Christological controversies. Toland sees this reverence as a threat to religious toleration in his own time & place.

#history #philosophy #religion

III. HYPATIA; or the history of a most beautiful, most virtuous, most learned, and EVERY WAY ACCOMPLISH'D LADY; who was torn to pieces by the CLERGY of Alexandria, to gratify the pride, emulation,. and cruelty of their Archbishop CYRIL, commonly but undeservedly stil'd Saint CYRIL.

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