Original sentence: Archimedes - is considered to be the first mathematical physicist on record.Aristotle - the last of the three great influential ancient Greek philosophers, although not considered to be a scientist by today's standards, nevertheless, he laid the foundations for scientific methodology by espousing the view that knowledge should be based on empiricism instead of intuition or faith
Edited sentence: Archimedes - is considered to be the first mathematical physicist on record, and the best prior to Galileo and Newton.Aristotle - the last of the three great influential ancient Greek philosophers, although not considered to be a scientist by today's standards, nevertheless, he laid the foundations for today's scientific method by espousing the view that knowledge should be based on empirical observations instead of intuition or faith