Zera Yacob was an Ethiopian philosopher from the city of Aksum in the 17th century. His 1667 treatise, developed around 1630 and known in the original Ge'ez language as the Hatata, has been compared to René Descartes' Discours de la méthode. For centuries, Ge'ez texts had been written in Ethiopia. #Ethiopia #sheger #zerayacob #addisabab