On the Cult of Theoretical Knowledge and Its Justification To the History of the Issue)

The author treats theoretical knowledge as a result of a certain cult incorporating requirements for its disciples to obtain true knowledge irrespective of its possible practical use. This cult emerging in Ancient Greece has become an integral part of today’s culture rich in many other cults. One of them is the cult of utility implying that each thing, or action, should be a means for achieving a more important goal. From the perspective of this cult, theoretical knowledge has to justify its existence by being useful.