the sociocultural history of ?s

need a social and cultural history of the "questions" humans asked of the world, including when and where and who recognized: they did not have "the" answers; which questions were asked at what times and places; how conscious and reflective were those with such questions of "questions" of other times having asked questions; when and where was it thought that such "questions" were universal; when where and why were such "questions" accursing (eg Heine, Dostoyevsky) and when eg blithe, "naturally" human;...