"not the originality or uniqueness of their work but the quality and depth of it that makes these researchers great men." I felt a similar way about the philos

"not the originality or uniqueness of their work but the quality and depth of it that makes these researchers great men." I felt a similar way about the philosophers I had to read while studying the subject in school. Some of the strange beliefs many early philosophers seemed to describe in their works always led me to think (a) there were probably a large number of philosophers during that time who had ideas more worthy of exploring, but (b) since these philosophers in particular were so prolific it was probably next to impossible during those times to have fruitful conversations across generations without large works to act as a fulcrum from which future conversations on the same topic could continue.