other, to the direction in which that
which is truly or most fundamental is apt to be found, or to the properties
that fundamentals or foundations are likely to or must have.

<P>Knowledge or theory of the foundations of many subjects is impaired
by a conscious or unconscious failure to identify, define, characterize,
or emphasize the most fundamental, central, or final topic, concept, phenomenon,
substance, law, entity, goal, or the like of the subject (or the set of
such things). Then again, the supreme t