Stanislaw LEM. The Voice Of The Lord (№ 303016)

In the history countless times there were thinkers who believed that the process of knowledge really can start from scratch and clean the logic clearly lead to the only correct result. This illusion of many pushed to desperate attempts. But the idea is empty. It is impossible to start anything without assumptions, regardless of whether they are understood or not. These assumptions are defined and the biological nature of man, and the amalgam of its culture. Since culture is a thin layer penetrations between organisms and habitat; culture exists only because the environment is ambiguous dictates the behavior that ensures the survival, so there is always a gap for freedom of choice. A gap, wide enough to accommodate thousands of different cultures.