 I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...  The Philosophy of Rhetoric - 第 37 頁George Campbell 著 - 1841 - 396 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Jerrold Levinson - 2005 - 821 頁
...'I may therefore conclude that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly' (Morreall 1987). That is, according to Hobbes, laughter results from perceiving infirmities in others... | |
 | ...so also the conscience may be erroneous. Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly. Corporations are many lesser commonwealths in the bowels of a greater, like worms in the entrails of... | |
 | Joanne R. Gilbert - 2004 - 234 頁
...passion of laughter was nothing, he argued, save the "sudden glory" emanating from the realization of "some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others," or with our own former position. (256) This is the essence of put-down humor. Putting the object or butt of a joke... | |
 | Gordon Graham - 2004 - 253 頁
...nothing else but sudden glory, 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 at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they... | |
 | Jennifer Michael Hecht - 2005 - 89 頁
...thing, with a new center of gravity: "Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly."3 This is the origin of calling laughter "sudden glory." It is a vision of humor as mean... | |
 | C. Stephen Evans - 2006 - 385 頁
...oneself as superior. When we laugh, according to Hobbes, we express "a sudden glory arising from some conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." 2 Though Hobbes does say that the superiority we enjoy in humor is not always over others, it still... | |
 | J.E. Roeckelein - 2006 - 692 頁
...basically a "superiority/social-comparison" theory - states that this passion is nothing else but the "sudden glory" arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, or by comparing ourselves with the infirmity of others, or by comparing our present with our past infirmities.... | |
 | Rod A. Martin - 2010 - 464 頁
...centuries. According to Hobbes, "the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly ... It is no wonder therefore that men take heinously to be laughed at or derided, that is, triumphed... | |
 | Wallace L. Chafe - 2007 - 167 頁
...therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly: for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they... | |
 | Penny Gay - 2008
...Hobbes said, because of a 'sudden glory': Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly. Thomas Hobbes, Human Nature (1650), ch. 9 We might gloss this by adding that we sense that the world... | |
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