...old age, yet could never reconcile himself to the thoughts of death. — Hume, " History of England." Hobbes defines laughter to be a sudden glory arising...with infirmity of others or our own former infirmity. Taking the language of Hobbes to mean the sudden discovery of any inferiority, it will be very easy...

...we never laugh thereat. I 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,...

...contempt art; nearly allied. He therefore agrees substantially with Hobbes, who defines the source of laughter to be '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 ' (Human Nature, chap. ix. s. 13). This theory, from...

...we never laugh thereat. I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but know not, nor can I conceive. Bob. Why, thus, sir. I would select nineteen more, to myself, th the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly ; for men laugh at the follies of themselves past,...

...old age, yet could never reconcile himself to the thoughts of death. — Hume, "History of England." Hobbes defines laughter to be a sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some emincncy in ourselves, by comparison with infirmity of others or our own former infirmity. Taking the...

...instrument of happiness. DRYDEN. I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is uothing 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...

...participate, we never laugh thereat. I may therefore conclude that the passion of laughter is nothing else but d out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God gra the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly; for men laugh at the follies of themselves past,...

...laughter and contempt. Yet : like Campbell, he does not do justice to Hobbes, who defines laughter as "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." Both Beattie and Campbell are very hard on this...

...instrument of happiness. DRYDEN. I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but Nature. God made both tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes; for as laughter enables the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past...

...accounts for no other, and is therefore defective The Philosopher of Malmesbury says that laughter is "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." We laugh, therefore, on account of our own superiority,...