The great nineteenth century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said that «All truth passes through three stages. (elearningindustry.com)
The twentieth - century philosopher of history, R.G. Collingwood, judged the early Christians to be the first to conceive of writing a universal history of the world going back to the origin of humankind, and instanced Eusebius of Caesarea (c.260 - 340). (religion-online.org)
Immanuel Kant, the 18th century philosopher who was the most famous proponent of the theory, once argued that it was always wrong to lie, even if a murderer asked whether his intended victim was inside a house so he could kill him. (sciencedaily.com)