freshman writing
------------ the schoolroom recommended reading freshman writing "canadian" irony or as my mother would say ------------ [home]	These are some wonderfully funny things that students have written in papers. Students sometimes make mistakes and write amusing things by accident. These are reproduced here just for fun. Any students who earn a place on this page are welcome to a beer on me (as soon as you are of age!). On Lao Tzu: What is called for here is an introspective outlook. On Socrates: In order to defend his actions, Socrates made an analogy to horses. Most people, when left to their own devices, corrupt horses and teach them bad habits. Socrates claims he is wise because he knows what he does not know. As philosophers search for answers like Socrates did and obtain more wisdom of the world that they live in, their mind gradually becomes cleared from the body and the person becomes more relaxed. On Plato: The Forms are embodied in the soul. On Aristotle: For Aristotle, the virtues of character are not in us naturally, but must be acquired through nature. The person who does not act moderately can be seen as weak and a glauton. Moderation is a virtue but everyone has a different level of moderation. Someone might need to eat more or less than someone else to feel contempt. The morally weak say the right thing but do the wrong thing. The virtuous don't desire what is wrong. Instead, a person who is virtuous and has practical wisdom is one who can cure themselves of this syllogism. On Medieval Theology: "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away" is a line from the movie Robin Hood, but it seems appropriate here. On Hume: David Hume was a British imperialist. On Rousseau: These events lead to the development of a system of possessions and with that public esteem had value, spewing early signs of inequality. In rediscovering ourselves we will once again find value in freedom and liberty, and soon be lead away from inequalities by the "sweat voice of pity." On Kant: Kant feels that we must avoid doing wrong and it is always wrong to fulfill your duty to moral law and humanity. On Nietzsche: The last man, like a camel, lives by the laws of Christianity. On Beauvoir: The disuniting of freedoms is the point where Beauvoir defines ethics as being the opposite.