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fundamental |ˌfəndəˈmentl|
adjective
forming a necessary base or core; of central importance : the protection of fundamental human rights | interpretation of evidence is fundamental to the historian's craft.
• affecting or relating to the essential nature of something or the crucial point about an issue : the fundamental problem remains that of the housing shortage.
• so basic as to be hard to alter, resolve, or overcome : the theories are based on a fundamental error.
noun (usu. fundamentals)
a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based : two courses cover the fundamentals of microbiology.
• a fundamental note, tone, or frequency.
Without this base, we could have no logic, no beliefs, no evidence... there could be no construction of theories or faiths... because they would have no base
fundamental |ˌfəndəˈmentl|
adjective
forming a necessary base or core; of central importance : the protection of fundamental human rights | interpretation of evidence is fundamental to the historian's craft.
• affecting or relating to the essential nature of something or the crucial point about an issue : the fundamental problem remains that of the housing shortage.
• so basic as to be hard to alter, resolve, or overcome : the theories are based on a fundamental error.
noun (usu. fundamentals)
a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based : two courses cover the fundamentals of microbiology.
• a fundamental note, tone, or frequency.
Without this base, we could have no logic, no beliefs, no evidence... there could be no construction of theories or faiths... because they would have no base

Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day