The fact that these coincide with the first development of writings has nothing to do with the fact that we know about them. And therefore it is obvious that philosophical thought and complex belief system cannot have existed in pre-recorded history. Before the invention of written symbols, humans were idiots incapable of such things. It is also obvious that those great thinkers came up with everything on their own without relying on previous orally transmitted philosophical traditions and beliefs.
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The fact that these coincide with the first development of writings has nothing to do with the fact that we know about them. And therefore it is obvious that philosophical thought and complex belief system cannot have existed in pre-recorded history. Before the invention of written symbols, humans were idiots incapable of such things. It is also obvious that those great thinkers came up with everything on their own without relying on previous orally transmitted philosophical traditions and beliefs.
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