"The maker and father of this universe it is a hard task to find, and having found him it would be impossible to declare him to all mankind. If then, Socrates, in many respects concerning many things – the gods and the generation of the universe – we prove unable to render an account at all points entirely consistent with itself and exact, you must not be surprised. If we can furnish accounts no less likely than any other, we must be content, remembering that I who speak and you my judges are only human, and consequently it is fitting that we should in these matters accept the likely story and look for nothing further." (Plato, Timaeus)