Laughter, humor, and comedy in ancient philosophy / Pierre Destrée and Franco V. Trivigno.

Contributor(s): Destrée, Pierre [editor.] | Trivigno, Franco V [editor.] | Oxford Scholarship Online - EBAMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Oxford scholarship onlinePublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190460563 (ebook) :Subject(s): Laughter | Philosophy, Ancient | Wit and humor | ComedyAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 152.430938 LOC classification: B105.C456 L38 2019Online resources: e-book Full-text access Summary: Ancient philosophers were very interested in questions about laughter, humour and comedy. They theorized about laughter and its causes, moralized about the appropriate uses of humour and what it is appropriate to laugh at, and wrote treaties on