Note 655 — Chapter XIII · MORAL HISTORY OF THE AGE OF CHRISTIAN ASCETICISM
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“The suppression of all religions but one by Theodosius, the murder of Hypatia by the monks of Cyril, and the closing by Justinian of the schools of Athens, are the three events which mark the decisive overthrow of intellectual freedom.”—Lecky, History of European Morals, 3d ed., vol. i, p. 428.