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I don't think that he said "Astronomy is a waste of time." Plato represents that Socrates was concerned to determine the excellences particular to the human animal which were called virtues. He is credited with the saying "an unexamined life is not worth living". In formal terms he was...

"I am a determinist, but not by choice." The problem of moral responsibility is the main problem for determinism. I would reason in the following way: There are many illness for which there are no cures and some of these are fatal. Even if it could be shown that the man could not help but...

Let me object. What does hear mean? What is a sound that no one hears? The question doesn't ask, "If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it set up vibrations in the air on the way down?" That is the question you answer and who could object to as many things waving...