We ourselves are part of the universe, subject to the same immutable laws of nature as rocks, or trees, or stars. We also believe that when a person commits a crime, they deserve to be punished. We use all sorts of concepts without fully understanding them, concepts like 'freedom', or 'self', or 'knowledge', or 'explanation', or 'truth'. Because of our misunderstandings our thoughts get tied up in ever tighter knots. It's true that a lot of philosophy is about repairing the damage done by the failed attempts of previous philosophers.
Some problems have a long history going right back to the Greeks.
But human curiosity is insatiable and we will not accept being told that it's better not to ask questions in the first place. We are no longer children who believe in the Tooth Fairy. We have grown up. And we demand to know. I think that the way we live today has inherited a strong bias from Greek philosophy.