The subversive power of laughter: Plato and Aristotle on humour
Plato explicitly theorises about laughter in three dialogues: Republic (388a-389a, 605c-607a); Philebus (47e-50b); and Laws (816d-817a, 935a-936a). Although it is not possible to construct an overarching Platonic “theory” of laughter, this thesis argues, based on Platonic moral psychology and episte...
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2021
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