...may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...dishonour. It is no wonder therefore that men take it heinously to be laughed at or derided, that is, triumphed over. Laughter without offence, must be...

...arifing from fome liidden Conception of fome Eminency in our felves, by comparifon with the Infirmity of others, or with our own formerly : For Men laugh at the Follies of themfelves paft, when they come fuddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any prefent Dilhonour.'...

...ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly: for men laugh at thefollies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance,...except they bring with them any present dishonour" (1650, 46; see also Hobbes, 1651, 45). Long before Hobbes, however, Plato maintained that malice or...

...is broken upon our selves, or friends of whose dishonour we participate, we never laugh thereat ... for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when...dishonour. It is no wonder therefore that men take hainously to be laughed at or derided, that is, triumphed over. Laughing without offence, must be at...

...accompaniment of laughter. conception of some emincncy in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others or with our own formerly ; for men laugh...remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishuiiour." Hutcheson's own theory is that laughter arises on the observation of contrast. " That...

...glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminence in ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly: for men laugh...remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonor. He further explains this simple point in Leviathan: Sudden glory is the passion which maketh...

...arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly: for men laugh...except they bring with them any present dishonour." According to this author therefore, when we hear a man laugh excessively, instead of saying he is very...

...arising from some 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 passed, when they come suddenly to remembrence, except 96 L. Joubert, Traite du Ris, a. O. [90], S....

...arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in our selves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly: for men laugh...suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them a present dishonour'. This notion the authors of the Spectator's N° 47, have adopted from Mr. Hobbes....

...effet, une des conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...except they bring with them any present dishonour. » (éd. cit., p. 54-55). l. Hobbes, Léviathan, trad.fr. par F.Tricaud, p. 53-54; le texte anglais...