Full Idea
The greatest discovery in the history of human thought is Plato's discovery of abstract objects.
Gist of Idea
The greatest discovery in human thought is Plato's discovery of abstract objects
Source
comment on Plato (works [c.375 BCE]) by James Robert Brown - Philosophy of Mathematics Ch. 2
Book Reference
Brown,James Robert: 'Philosophy of Mathematics' [Routledge 2002], p.8
A Reaction
Compare Idea 2860! Given the diametrically opposed views, it is clearly likely that Plato's central view is the most important idea in the history of human thought, even if it is wrong.
Related Idea
Idea 2860 The most boring and dangerous of all errors is Plato's invention of pure spirit and goodness [Nietzsche]