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So what are we supposed to take away from the initial comment?

That people known for their solutions often spend time considering the problems and prior art, or that playing in the woods as a child equates to a mastery of engineering, philosophy, and art later in life.

I'm not sure which. It's very hard to say, especially since none of us are LeonardoDaVinciologists.

That Leonardo was a great individual because he did what he did

Sure, but aren't there great individuals who didn't study nature in that way?

When it comes to scholars, if they came along after Da Vinci, there is some likelihood they studied at least a little something descended from Leonardo himself.

Given the sheer number of individuals and methods of studying nature: certainly.

Anyone who's studied math or statistics for more than two minutes could answer that.

Exactly, so if there are multitudes of great individualss both have and haven't studied nature then why make a bald statement about the practice of a single individual? I'm asking what was being initially implied.

>Leonardo was a great individual because he did what he did

Could also equally be that Leonardo did what he did because he was a great individual.

>So what are we supposed to take away from the initial comment?

Probably something that I can add to. That gives me an idea . . .

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