Chapter 23 - 21: Early Philosophy of the Prehistoric Era
Time passed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, several dozen days had gone by.
Al often led the priests to sit around the altar, sharing their observations and experiences with each other.
They were priests, with no need to hunt; thus, they had more time to observe the world.
Through their constant exchanges, they gradually became astonished to discover a fact: the world was regular.
It began with someone saying, "Mushrooms grow at the base of trees, and the brightly colored ones are poisonous."
Then, someone else added, "Brightly colored frogs are also poisonous."
Afterward, the priests, through discussion, found that many bright and beautiful things were toxic, and often, the brighter they were, the stronger the poison.
Yarlessto stood up and, relying on his excellent memory, repeated all the items previously mentioned, then made a simple summary—the brighter, the more poisonous.
This inconspicuous summary became the beginning of the people of Logos discovering the regularities of the world.
After one regularity was discovered, the priests started searching for the next one, still following the steps of proposing, sharing, discussing, and summarizing. As time passed, the priests discovered more and more regularities, from the initial one to three hundred after several dozen days. And often, with the discovery of one regularity came the emergence of another one.
The regularities were intertwined and separate, with various sizes and levels, the relationships between them complex and manifold.