The earlier you are, the more non-obvious leverage you have; the later you are, the more obvious leverage you have. I’ll tentatively go with Aristotle; I think that “his ideas were dogmatically accepted and held back both science and philosophy later on” is a (likely ideologically tainted) mischaracterization of the history of Western philosophy & science.
The earlier you are, the more non-obvious leverage you have; the later you are, the more obvious leverage you have. I’ll tentatively go with Aristotle; I think that “his ideas were dogmatically accepted and held back both science and philosophy later on” is a (likely ideologically tainted) mischaracterization of the history of Western philosophy & science.