Basilides rejected the physical realm
This early thinker looked at the material world and decided it was approximately 365 layers removed from anything actually good. He created a ridiculously complex cosmological model just to mathematically prove how detached humanity is from any true divine source. He essentially measured out absolute pessimism.

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