Very cool! I used to think Hume was the most ahead of his time, but this seems like the same feat if not better.
Democritus also has a decent claim to that for being the first to imagine atoms and materialism altogether.
Though the Greeks actually credited the idea to an even earlier Phonecian, Mochus of Sidon.
Through when it comes to antiquity credit isn’t really “first to publish” as much as “first of the last to pass the survivorship filter.”
Very cool! I used to think Hume was the most ahead of his time, but this seems like the same feat if not better.
Democritus also has a decent claim to that for being the first to imagine atoms and materialism altogether.
Though the Greeks actually credited the idea to an even earlier Phonecian, Mochus of Sidon.
Through when it comes to antiquity credit isn’t really “first to publish” as much as “first of the last to pass the survivorship filter.”