Vestígios da vida de Hipácia de Alexandria

Authors

  • Loraine Oliveira Universidade de Brasília

Keywords:

gender, platonism, chastity, freedom

Abstract

It is a fact that ancient accounts of Hypatia of Alexandria are few and that most of them describes only the death of the philosopher. When we try to reconstruct her life, we face nothing more than vestiges. Through the study of the ancient sources and the exam of the themes they present, this article questions contemporary interpretations of Hypatia’s life from a gender perspective. The term gender is here understood as a category of analysis that allows us to discuss the function of gender in the set of social interactions and the contributions of gender to historical studies. Three topics are thus developed: 1. Hypatia’s Platonism, which is related to her way of life. 2. The public nature of her lectures, which leads us to the discussion of the public/private relationship and of Hypatia’s freedom in the scope the normative order that begun to be established at the end of the 4th and beginning of the 5th century AD, that is, during her lifetime. 3. The relation of chastity and the practice of virtues, which was a component of the Platonic way of life, and also the symbolical importance of her virginity as well.

Author Biography

Loraine Oliveira, Universidade de Brasília

Profa. Dra. Universidade de Brasília – Departamento de Filosofia e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Metafísica.

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Published

2016-09-13