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Laughter, Inverted Mirror of the Tragic

In general, philosophers are not funny. In his essay Le Rire et les Rieurs, the writer Henri Roorda observed that "when we listen to the theoreticians of laughter, we no longer laugh." Voltaire also observed that "those who seek metaphysical causes to laughter are not gay." They have this [...] This article Le laughter, mirror inverted from the tragic written by Catherine Van Offelen appeared first on Revue Des Deux Mondes.
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In general, philosophers are not funny. In his essay Le Rire et les Rieurs, the writer Henri Roorda observed that "when we listen to the theoreticians of laughter, we no longer laugh." Voltaire also observed that "those who seek metaphysical causes to laughter are not gay." They have this [...] This article Le laughter, mirror inverted from the tragic written by Catherine Van Offelen appeared first on Revue Des Deux Mondes.

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Revue Des Deux Mondes broke the news in on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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