Zera Yacob
Philosopher, Deceased Person
1599 – 1692
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Who was Zera Yacob?
Zera Yacob was a seventeenth-century Ethiopian philosopher. His 1667 treatise, known in the original Ge'ez language as the Hatata, has often been compared by a handful of non-traditional scholars to Descartes' Discours de la méthode in. His writing came at a period when African philosophical literature was significantly oral in character. He believed in following one's natural reasoning instead of believing what one is told by others.
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- Born
- 1599
Ethiopia - Nationality
- Ethiopia
- Profession
- Died
- 1692
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on July 23, 2013
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