"entomology" = etymology or linguistics; "heresay"

[Scot LaFaive]

I always suspected there was something missing from my linguistic studies,
and now I know what it was: ancient Babylonian beetles.
Seriously, though, I wonder whether it was him or someone before publishing.

Scot LaFaive



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>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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