Zera Yacob

Zera Yacob was a 17th-century philosopher from Axum. Some of his rationalist views predated similar ideas from the enlightenment period while living in an environment that didn't facilitate such thought, also arriving at conclusions already established before him, independently – all this while living in a cave for two years.

This doesn't go into all of his philosophy, but it's some of it:
 
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Zera Yacob was a 17th-century philosopher from Axum. Some of his rationalist views predated similar ideas from the enlightenment period while living in an environment that didn't facilitate such thought, also arriving at conclusions already established before him, independently – all this while living in a cave for two years.

This doesn't go into all of his philosophy, but it's some of it:
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Zera Yacob was a 17th-century philosopher from Axum. Some of his rationalist views predated similar ideas from the enlightenment period while living in an environment that didn't facilitate such thought, also arriving at conclusions already established before him, independently – all this while living in a cave for two years.

This doesn't go into all of his philosophy, but it's some of it:
Interesting. So culture vulture’s since forever.
 
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