Hypatia of Alexandria

If I were part of Rafael's 'School of Athens,' I would be Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia was the first woman known to have made a significant difference to the development of philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy. Hypatia went against the rules of the Church when science and mathematics were considered heresy. I found this very interesting because it seems that before the Renaissance, nobody really questioned the Church's theories or decided not to follow the rules, but to do what they thought was right instead. Before the Renaissance, it seems that, especially surrounded by the laws of strict Catholics, everybody did what they were told. In this painting I would want to be Hypatia because she liked to learn new things, which is why her and her father tried to keep people interested in the study of mathematics and philosophy. I love to learn new things and I think astonomy is just so amazing because there are so many new things out there just waiting to be discovered and I think she knew that. I think that she wanted to discover and learn, because that's what she did.