Ancient philosophers were very interested in questions about laughter, humor and comedy. They theorized about laughter and its causes, moralized about the appropriate uses of humor and what it is appropriate to laugh at, and wrote treaties on comedic composition. This volume explores themes that were important for ancient philosophers: the psychology of laughter, the ethical and social norms governing laughter and humor, and the philosophical uses of humor and comedic technique.
Ancient philosophers were very interested in questions about laughter, humor and comedy. They theorized about laughter and its causes, moralized about the appropriate uses of humor and what it is appropriate to laugh at, and wrote treaties on comedic composition. This volume explores themes that were important for ancient philosophers: the psychology of laughter, the ethical and social norms governing laughter and humor, and the philosophical uses of humor and comedic technique.
Franco V. Trivigno is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo. He is the co-editor (with Nancy Snow) of The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness (Routledge, 2014). Pierre Destrée is an Associate Research Professor at the FRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique), and teaches ancient philosophy at the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve). He has edited numerous volumes with Brill, Wiley-Blackwell, Peeters Publishers, and Cambridge University Press.
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* Introduction, Pierre Destrée and Franco V. Trivigno * Part I. The Psychology of Laughter * 1. Plato on Laughter and Moral Harm, Franco V. Trivigno * 2. Aristotle on Why We Laugh at Jokes, Pierre Destrée * 3. The Laughing Philosopher and the Physician: Laughter, Diagnosis and Therapy in Greek Medicine, R.J. Hankinson * 4. Divine and Human Laughter in later Platonism, Malcolm Heath * Part II. The Ethical and Social Significance of Laugher and Humor * 5. Aristotle on Wittiness, Matthew D. Walker * 6. Laughter, Social Norms and Ethics in Cicero's Works, Charles Guérin * 7. Laughter and the Moral Guide: Dio Chrysostom and Plutarch, Michael Trapp * Part III. The Use of Humor and Comedy in Philosophical Discourse * 8. Self-Ridicule: Socratic Wisdom, Paul Woodruff * 9. Ridicule and Protreptic: Plato, His Reader and the Role of Comedy in Inquiry, Mary Margaret McCabe * 10. Humor as Philosophical Subversion, Especially in the Skeptics, Richard Bett * 11. Philosophy is Great Fun! Laughter in Epicureanism, Geert Roskam * 12. The Mouse, the Moneybox, and the Six-Footed Scurrying Solecism: Satire and Riddles in Seneca's Philosophy, Margaret Graver * 13. Diogenes vs. Demonax: Laughter as Philosophy in Lucian, Inger N.I. Kuin
* Introduction, Pierre Destrée and Franco V. Trivigno * Part I. The Psychology of Laughter * 1. Plato on Laughter and Moral Harm, Franco V. Trivigno * 2. Aristotle on Why We Laugh at Jokes, Pierre Destrée * 3. The Laughing Philosopher and the Physician: Laughter, Diagnosis and Therapy in Greek Medicine, R.J. Hankinson * 4. Divine and Human Laughter in later Platonism, Malcolm Heath * Part II. The Ethical and Social Significance of Laugher and Humor * 5. Aristotle on Wittiness, Matthew D. Walker * 6. Laughter, Social Norms and Ethics in Cicero's Works, Charles Guérin * 7. Laughter and the Moral Guide: Dio Chrysostom and Plutarch, Michael Trapp * Part III. The Use of Humor and Comedy in Philosophical Discourse * 8. Self-Ridicule: Socratic Wisdom, Paul Woodruff * 9. Ridicule and Protreptic: Plato, His Reader and the Role of Comedy in Inquiry, Mary Margaret McCabe * 10. Humor as Philosophical Subversion, Especially in the Skeptics, Richard Bett * 11. Philosophy is Great Fun! Laughter in Epicureanism, Geert Roskam * 12. The Mouse, the Moneybox, and the Six-Footed Scurrying Solecism: Satire and Riddles in Seneca's Philosophy, Margaret Graver * 13. Diogenes vs. Demonax: Laughter as Philosophy in Lucian, Inger N.I. Kuin
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