“What we finally do, out of desperation ... is go on an impossible, or even forbidden, journey or pilgrimage, which from a rational point of view is futile: to find the one wise man, whomever or wherever he may be; and to find from him the secret of eternal life or the secret of adjusting to this life as best we can.” EpicBabylonGilgameshSumerianSumerian Tablets Book:Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative Source: Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative