An Historical Context Framed by Sean Fridman

Earliest possible date on this fucking thing right now.

200

Roman empire.
Birth of Hinduism / Buddhist shit in India roundabouts.
Chinese Han dynasty.
Nomadic tribes chillin around other areas.
Classical age of the Mayans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_AD

Surya Siddhanta

400

Indian astronomical manuscript. Root of modern trigonometry. First known outline of sine, cosine, tangent, and secant.

Dante Alighieri

Jan 1, 1315

Dante Alighieri thinks and writes The Divine Comedy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante

Hieronymous Bosch

Jan 1, 1505

Bosch paints The Temptation of St. Anthony whilst in the midst of the Northern Renais http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptation_of_St._Anthony

Leonardo Da Vinci

Jan 1, 1510

Da Vinci hangs out and dissects human corpses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_vinci

William Shakespeare

Jan 1, 1605

Shakespeare writes Macbeth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth

René Descartes

Jan 1, 1630

Descartes thinks and says our senses are imperfect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes

Charles Babbage

Jan 1, 1822

Babbage thinks and designs da ferst computer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine

Søren Kierkegaard

Jan 1, 1843

Kierkegaard thinks and writes Either/Or. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Either/Or

Édouard Manet

Jan 1, 1863

Painting of Olympia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia_(painting)

Aleister Crowley

Jan 1, 1907

Aleister Crowley starts some cults. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley

Carl Jung

Jan 1, 1912

Published Psychology of the Unconscious. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology_of_the_Unconscious

Alan Turing

Jan 1, 1936

Turing thinks and describes the Turing machine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

Jean-Paul Satre

Jan 1, 1938

Satre thinks and writes La Nausée. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre

Yukio Mishima

Jan 1, 1956

Yukio Mishima thinks and writes The Temple of The Golden Pavilion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temple_of_the_Golden_Pavilion

Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault

Jan 1, 1971

Chomsky and Foucault chat whilst in the same place at the same time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0SaqrxgJvw

Sean Fridman

Jul 31, 1989

Sean Fridman is born! http://myspace.com/seanfridman

Kobo Abe

Jan 1, 1991

Kobo Abe thinks and writes The Kangaroo Notebook. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_Notebook_%28novel%29