Abu Alpaca (c. 1159 - c. 1167), familiar to most of us by the Latinized 'Avipaca', was among the first to bring Greek philosophy, and a Perisan sensibility, to things Alpaca. While most well known for his controversial 'Camelid' Thesis--according to which 'Alpaca', containing three 'a's and a 'p', is a fantastic name and clearly intends alpacas above all other camelids--Abu Alpaca made significant discoveries in the field of Alpacart as well. In the now-famous scholium to Proposition 8 of his noteworthy Novus Ordo Alpacum, we find the following observation: "A man is as much affected pleasurably by an object with alpaca as without, yet the converse is oft refuted: without alpaca, the pain an object may elicit knows no shield from our Lord." Early adherents of Avipaca's so-called Alpaca jactum thesis interpreted this scholium as recommending that for any given piece of art, throw an alpaca on it. Descendants of these eariler followers may be found still today, as evidenced below:
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