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Single Idea 22047
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour
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Full Idea
Wherever there is contradiction, the comical is also present. ...The tragic is the suffering contradiction, the comical is the painless contradiction.
Gist of Idea
Wherever there is painless contradiction there is also comedy
Source
Søren Kierkegaard (Concluding Unscientific Postscript [1846], p.459), quoted by Terry Pinkard - German Philosophy 1760-1860 13
Book Ref
Pinkard,Terry: 'German Philosophy 1760-1860' [CUP 2002], p.354
A Reaction
He is not saying that this is the only source of comedy. I once heard an adult say that there is one thing that is always funny, and that is a fart.
The
15 ideas
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[explaining the nature and sources of what is funny]:
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7494
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Laughter is mad; of mirth, what doeth it?
[Anon (Ecc)]
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8767
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Sorrow is better than laughter
[Anon (Ecc)]
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6211
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Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly
[Hobbes]
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12171
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Absurdity is incongruity between correct and false points of view
[Schopenhauer]
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22047
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Wherever there is painless contradiction there is also comedy
[Kierkegaard]
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14833
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Comedy is a transition from fear to exuberance
[Nietzsche]
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18303
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Reject wisdom that lacks laughter
[Nietzsche]
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12318
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The female body, when taken in its entirety, is the Phallus itself
[Badiou]
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12169
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Since only men laugh, it seems to be an attribute of reason
[Scruton]
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12170
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Amusement rests on superiority, or relief, or incongruity
[Scruton]
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12172
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Objects of amusement do not have to be real
[Scruton]
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12173
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The central object of amusement is the human
[Scruton]
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6848
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Humour is practically enacted philosophy
[Critchley]
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6847
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Humour can give a phenomenological account of existence, and point to change
[Critchley]
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22701
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Jokes can sometimes be funny because they are offensive
[Jacobson,D]
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