Except we were on the verge of discovering it even then through multiple people. So we can be pretty sure most of it would have come to pass within a generation

Except we were on the verge of discovering it even then through multiple people. So we can be pretty sure most of it would have come to pass within a generation. Agree he had a unique way of thinking but there is a lot that is over attributed to him and exceptionalism in general. Still a great thinker of his generation, but there were many such individuals.