Further, to ask any "why" question depends on the axiomatic acceptance that there is something, something acting according to its nature, of which one is aware,

Further, to ask any "why" question depends on the axiomatic acceptance that there is something, something acting according to its nature, of which one is aware, and about which one can reason. As Parmenides beautifully instructed, all one can hold of nothingness is ... nothing (it can neither be apprehended nor indicated).