steady base
A Steady Base is Important for Knowledge: Build one for the Future. ... He carefully lays a base from which he constructs a steady body. ... Like a child’s tower of building blocks, philosophy needs a base, a fundamental connection, on which the memories of educational experiences may be stacked. Today we are failing to provide the base for young students as well as the adults. ... It is not only the roots of knowledge but it is also the base for the education our schools try to teach throughout our educational experience.