Full Idea
Humour, for me, is practically enacted philosophy.
Gist of Idea
Humour is practically enacted philosophy
Source
Simon Critchley (Interview with Baggini and Stangroom [2001], p.198)
Book Reference
Baggini,J/Stangroom,J: 'New British Philosophy' [Routledge 2002], p.198
A Reaction
This may be overstating it, as the funniest jokes may be the least philosophical, and remarks may be faintly amusing but very profound. Lear and his Fool make up a single worldview together.