And yet the Greeks pulled it off for a bit. Go figure.
Actually, you'll note something fascinating about the Greeks...
They aren't the central culture anymore. Haven't been for well over 2000 years.
And amazingly, when they were, they were producing Socrates, a philosopher and THEOLOGEN.
The only difference is that he gave up the "many gods" bit for speaking of "the Truth"
Perfection was "God" to him.