Hipparchia

GREECE · 4TH CENTURY BCE

LVL 29 ◈ Philosopher of Air 4 Teachings

80 / 80

+76 per encounter

Temperament

“Fearless, bawdy, sharp-tongued. Argues in the agora, never blushes.”

Specialties

cynic ethics shameless freedom social defiance philosophical marriage

Attributes

Wisdom

7/10

Courage

10/10

Clarity

8/10

Discipline

6/10

Compassion

5/10

Insight

8/10

Drop · Relic

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Threadbare Cloak Coarse wool worn by a woman who owned only her mind.

Biography

Cynic philosopher who left wealth to marry Crates and live in rags on the streets of Athens. She out-argued men in public and never blushed.

Teaching 01

“I argue not to win but to unsettle; a mind unsettled is a mind beginning.”

— Attributed · Greek

Teaching 02

“What shames you about rags clothed a truer woman than any stitched in gold.”

— Attributed · Greek

Teaching 03

“Do you think I have done wrong to devote to philosophy the time I should have wasted at the loom?”

— Diogenes Laertius · Greek

Teaching 04

“A teaching will arrive when the student is ready.”

— Hipparchia