The First Question: A Story Before Philosophy

By Luisito Poe

Before the world had science, it had stories. And before it had philosophy, it had the Question.

For generations, the people of the ancient world lived in a universe of certainty. The sky thundered because the gods were angry; the rivers flowed because divine hands guided them. No one asked how the world worked-they only asked who was responsible.

But in the bustling city of Miletus, a quiet disturbance begins to take root. A small group of thinkers-a potter, a poet, a singer, and a rhapsode-begins to look at the world with new eyes. They look past the masks of the gods to see the patterns in the water, the fire, the earth, and the wind.

The First Question is a work of philosophical fiction that dramatizes the birth of human reason. Follow the intellectual revolution from the first answer whispered by a riverbank to the bold challenges that shook the foundations of reality. From the infinite boundaries of the Apeiron to the restless fire of change, this story explores the moment humanity discovered its most dangerous and beautiful tool: the power to ask "Why?"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GW1Z4411
• ISBN13: 9798233215346
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Fr. Luisito Suarez Poe
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"