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It's been impossible so far to prove that kabalah is older than about the 11th century, I believe. It's mostly a medieval creation.
So. while Newton definitely studied it and it wouldn't surprise me if Edison did, Plato almost certainly never had any contact with anything we would recognize as kabalah.
It was really common for medieval books and systems to claim an ancient tradition. Take for example the hermetic texts which were a medieval/renaissance rage. Everyone believed and claimed the texts were written before the time of moses, but they were actually written 300-500 ad.
Just something to keep in mind.
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