The Biggest Figure in Human History

The answer is obvious (and significant).

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I would say that the biggest figure in human history is an obvious and significant one, but it takes some thought to explain why this person’s influence has been so profound.

The person in question is the first human to have created a complete foundation for understanding the world.

While there were many influential people throughout history, none of them provided an entire framework by which we can understand the totality of all reality.

This person is the first known human to have discovered that reason itself was an absolute, and not limited by any particular physical or immaterial boundary.

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This discovery allowed him to develop a new method for understanding the world based on this fundamental principle.

The person in question was the first human to have used logic as an absolute method for understanding reality.

His name was Aristotle.

Aristotle’s method for understanding human society, based on his logic, was such a complete framework that it is still used today…