I watched a casual youtube video by a philosophy professor talking about the same thing that great scholars are different than great thinkers. Many great thinkers came up with great philosophies because they misread past works.

If anyone wants to watch: https://youtu.be/4vou_dXuB8M?si=Wdr7q96MFULPAEc4

Definitely something we should all keep in mind that sometimes you just have to pave your own way and hope it is great on its own merits.