We ought then regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its previous state and the cause of the one which is to follow. An intelligence knowing at a given instant of time all the forces operating in nature, as well as the position at that instant of all things of which the universe consists, would be able to comprehend the motions of the largest bodies in the universe and those of …showed first 75 words of 1085 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1085 total…going to happen. A person's biography was written before he or she was born, so there's no sense in making an effort. Whatever will be will be, whatever the person do or don't do. So then why even bother getting out of bed? Anthony Flew, Western Philosophy (New York: Bobb_Merrill Company, 1971), p. 223. Thomas Ellis Katen, Doing Philosophy (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1973), p. 321. Ibid., p. 386. Ibid., p. 315. Spinoza. The Ethics. Part 2, proposition 35, sholium. Ibid., proposition 48.