“She was devoted to philosophy and explained it publicly to anyone who…” — Damascius (Damascius, Life of Isidore (via the…)

Source and attribution

The archive attributes this English wording to Damascius, Life of Isidore (via the Suda), on Hypatia and files it under Neoplatonism. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.

About Damascius

Damascius was the last scholarch of the Athenian Neoplatonic school before Justinian’s closure of the Academy. His Life of Isidore survives mainly through the Suda and Photius; it preserves late antique portraits of teachers, including Hypatia of Alexandria.

How to read this passage

Across 4 recurring voices here (notably Mary Wollstonecraft and Plato), education is framed through Platonism and Renaissance Humanism. Some passages define education; others warn how it fails; still others relocate it inside habit, community, or language. This passage enters that discussion through education, society.

Concepts in this quote

Education

Education appears in this archive as a live philosophical concern—not a slogan. These verified English passages show how thinkers treat education as a problem of judgment, practice, or explanation.

Society

Society is the web of institutions, customs, and mutual expectations in which individual freedom takes shape.

How to cite this quotation

APA: Damascius. (n.d.). She was devoted to philosophy and explained it publicly to anyone who wished to hear. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0539

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