Multiple choice general knowledge

Who had formulated a theory of relativity prior to Einstein?

  1. Aristotle

  2. Schopenhauer

  3. Galileo

  4. Spinoza

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Explanation

Galileo formulated the principle of relativity in 1638 - that mechanical laws are the same in all inertial frames. Aristotle's physics was absolute, Schopenhauer and Spinoza were philosophers, not physicists. Galilean relativity preceded Einstein by centuries.