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Hypatia of Alexandria on Preparing for the Future

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By K. Kris Hirst, About.com

To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those things that lie beyond.

Attributed to mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, the last scholar to lead the universities in the city of Alexandria before they burned along with the library in the 5th century AD.
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