The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly... The Monist - 412. lappuselaboja - 1921Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
| George Campbell - 1859 - 460 lapas
...irpoaiairov aiv%pov TI Kai &itorpa^fttvov avcv oSvvrjs- Poet 5 ter "a sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly."* This account is, I acknowledge, incompatible with lhat given in the preceding pages, and,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 lapas
...hinder us from recurring " The p wsion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves by...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly: for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to rememl ranee,... | |
| George Campbell - 1860 - 458 lapas
...defined laugh THE PHILOSOPHY OF RHETORIC. 51 ter " a sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception ol some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly."* This account is, I acknowledge, incompatible with lhat given in the preceding pages, and,... | |
| Joseph Haven - 1862 - 600 lapas
...mind, is merely the expression of the feeling of the ludicrous, to be " a sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity df others, or our own former infirmity." There can be little doubt, I think, that the object which... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 lapas
...we never laugh thereat. I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance,... | |
| 1864 - 890 lapas
...Hobbes, who attributed men's actions to selfish motives, and represented laughter as nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of...ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others or our own formerly. He characterizes Hobbes as " having fallen into a way of speaking, which was much... | |
| 1864 - 852 lapas
...pity. Hobbes has given a theory to the effect | that laughter is ' a sudden glory, arising from a ' sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves ]...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with ' our own formerly.' This evidently suits a certain number of cases, especially the laugh of ridicule, derision,... | |
| Alexander Bain - 1865 - 660 lapas
...is well-known, and has been greatly attacked. 'Laughter,' he says, 'is a sudden glory arising from sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.' In other words, it is an expression of the pleasurable feeling of superior power. Now, there... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 lapas
...may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly ; for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance,... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1866 - 826 lapas
...which it produces reminds one of Hobbes's dictum that " the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of...some eminency in ourselves by comparison with the infirmities of others." An Irishman rather than not be funny will be funny at his own expense. A Scot's... | |
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