"entomology" = etymology or linguistics; "heresay"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Both of these are common among the teeming masses, but here they are in the work of a prof:

  1999 Tom Morris _Philosophy for Dummies_ (Foster City, Calif.:  IDG Books) 28: Why should a pre-med or business major waste any time at all in a philosophy classroom? Wasn't this rule much like requiring every student to take a course in Ancient Babylonian entomology? Wasn't it just some relic of the esoteric humanities curriculum of the past, no longer relevant to modern life?

  _Ibid._ 51: Heresay is not enough, faith is not to be trusted, and intuition is not admissable at all. Hard evidence or nothing is the demand.

  Dr. Morris, a Yale graduate, was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame for 15 years.

  JL


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