Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, And Will
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wmple conception of our own superiority, or the inierioiitj of the object contemplated, even in the caaes supposed ; for ^ if that were so, then wherever and whenever we discover such superiority, the feeling of the ludicrous ought to be awakened, ' and the greater the superiority, the stronger the tendency to mirth ; which is far from being the case. We are not dis- posed to laugh at the misfortunes of others, however superior our own condition may be to theirs in that very respect. My estate ...may be better than my neighbor's, or my health su. perior to his, but I am not disposed to laugh at him on that account. On the theory of Hobbes, no persons ought to be so full of merriment, even to overflowing, as the proud, sel& conceited, and supercilious, who are most deeply impressed with the idea of their own vast superiority to people and things in general. The fact is precisely the reverse. Such persons seldom laugh, and when they do, the smile that plays for a moment on the face is of that cold and.
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