So the best examples you can come up with are a couple millenia old? How fail is that?
Just some.
And they prove "ALL" wrong. ALL advancements were not created as a part of a profit motive.
I already explained how the guy who thought of making clothing out of animal fur "profitted" from his idea. He got to screw more females and produce more offspring. Is that not a form of profit? of course it is.
And I already explained earlier that if the OP is considering "profit" an all inclusive word meaning "any possible gain whatsoever," then this thread is simple mental masturbation.