still remember stories told by my father about the greatness of the Library of Alexandria. As there had stored a huge knowledge from all over the world. Located in a port, had access to many boats and people who were on their way and thus there was accumulated experience of mankind.
The sad ending is that in those days many religious conflict is brewing between politicians, recently accepted the Christians and some Jews. The Christians had the upper hand (with a Christian emperor) and as typical winners destroyed the heritage of the vanquished. With the "justification" to destroy the idols, also destroyed much of the knowledge that he had met. Stopping the advance of human knowledge for more than a millennium.
remember we talked about what if this had not happened, Christopher Columbus would not have traveled to colonize America ... have traveled to colonize Mars.
The Agora (2009) presents this story as I had wanted to see on the screen. Some of my Christian friends may be offended by the movie, but sadly very historical. In fact Christians historically were much more cruel than shown here.
A scene near the end, when Orestes Hypatia replied: "Cyril has won ...- That gave me chills, because it feels that there is over the culture and wisdom of ancient Greece (the last muse) and began an era retrograde ignorant blind faith in things that do not understand and all the power to do terrible things "in the name of God, will reach its climax in the Inquisition, which somehow seems to me that we have not overcome as a society. ;
Few things worry me a fool who thinks and has a lot of faith.
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