7494 | Laughter is mad; of mirth, what doeth it? [Anon (Ecc)] |
8767 | Sorrow is better than laughter [Anon (Ecc)] |
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
12171 | Absurdity is incongruity between correct and false points of view [Schopenhauer] |
22047 | Wherever there is painless contradiction there is also comedy [Kierkegaard] |
14833 | Comedy is a transition from fear to exuberance [Nietzsche] |
18303 | Reject wisdom that lacks laughter [Nietzsche] |
12318 | The female body, when taken in its entirety, is the Phallus itself [Badiou] |
12169 | Since only men laugh, it seems to be an attribute of reason [Scruton] |
12170 | Amusement rests on superiority, or relief, or incongruity [Scruton] |
12172 | Objects of amusement do not have to be real [Scruton] |
12173 | The central object of amusement is the human [Scruton] |
6847 | Humour can give a phenomenological account of existence, and point to change [Critchley] |
6848 | Humour is practically enacted philosophy [Critchley] |
22701 | Jokes can sometimes be funny because they are offensive [Jacobson,D] |