ay have over thought the “why.” Then again “speculative thought” without any form of records you might add that the primitive mind is just that. “Where, then, is speculative thought allowed to range today? Its main concern is with man-his nature and his problems, his value and his destiny. For man does not quite succeed in becoming a scientific object to himself. His need of transcending chaotic experiences and conflicting facts leads him to seek a metaphysical hypothesis that may clarify his urgent problems. On the subject of his “self” man will, most obstinately, speculate-even today.” (H. and H.A. Frankfort, p.4)...
