Student howlers and more laughs

Philosophy professor Stephen Hicks has posted What I Have Learned About the History of Philosophy from My Students. These are all funny (so go read all of them!), but some of my favorites:

• For Aristotle, the virtuous person can be known as temperature, someone who is under complete control. Aristotle thinks the Principle of Noncontradiction is an axiom is because it is one.
• In feudal times, jobs were passed on from fathers to sons. For example, if your father was a priest, you would probably become a priest too.
• Marx says the broughers who employ the workers can and do enslave the proliterate workers. So Marx promoted socialism which operates the production of products produced by the society. Social­ism is an ideal, but come on now! Let's be realistic!
• Against Marx, Rand advocates free enterprise and selfishness, but her philosophy is sort of controversial, in a sense. She commits the fallacy of hoc poc der doc.

"Hoc poc der doc"? Not sure what that is.

Perhaps the best one, because unlike the others Stephen reports this one kinda made me think a little, is this: "Mysticism is the direct and immediate experience of the scared." That actually sounds like one of Nietzsche's aphorisms.

I've added a link to this page at the list of Philosophy Fun and Humor at EpistemeLinks. Here you will find hours of philosophy-related laughs. Some great stuff here! One link included there is another listing of student howlers like the above.

And for less than $8 you can get more laughs by purchasing Non Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students. This had both Susan and I laughing throughout!