Once on a star, in a remote corner of the universe, some clever animals invented knowledge. But then the star grew cold, and the clever animals had to die.
One might invent such a fable, but still not sufficiently have illustrated how shadowy and flighty, how aimless and arbitrary, the human intellect appears in nature. There have been eternities when it did not exist, and when it is gone, nothing will have happened.
... the Friedmeister ... ( from memory ! )
Well, it turns out that this is edited down a little bit, but naturally, I like my version!
That would make a good two hour animated cartoon, one meant for both children and adults. Claire du Lune, by Debussy would be included in the soundtrack.
Spark Zarathura and The Trout Quintet by Franz Schubert as well.