Humour in philosophy
- Henri Bergson, a Fresh philosopher of the late 19th century, was also an author of a famous essay that focused on laughter. Before Bergson, few philosophers had given laughter much thought.
- Other major thinkers who have offered humourless reflections about humour include Thomas Hobbes and René Descartes, who believed we laugh because we feel superior.
- Immanuel Kant and Arthur Schopenhauer argued that comedy stems from a sense of incongruity.
- Herbert Spencer and Sigmund Freud suggested comedians give relief from nervous energy and repressed emotions.
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