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हेनरी बर्गसन

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अंग्रेज़ी

स्थिति:

Complete work

लेखकत्व:

Written by the author

LAUGHTER By Prof. HENRI BERGSON. CREATIVE EVOLUTION. Translated by Arthur Mitchell, Ph D. 8vo. ios. net By J. M<KELLAR STEWART, B.A., D.Ph. A CRITICAL EXPOSITION OF BERGSON'S PHILOSOPHY. Extra Crown 8vo. 5s. net. MACMILLAN AND CO , Ltd., LONDON. LAUGHTER AN ESSAY ON THE MEANING OF THE COMIC BY HENRI BER MEMBER OP THE INSTITUTE PROFESSOR AT THE COLLEGE BE FRANCE AUTHORISED TRANSLATION BY CLOUDESLEY BRERETO|( L. Its L. (Paris), M.A. (Cantab) AND FRED ROTHWELL B A. (London) MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON 191 1 Copyright First Edition October xgu Reprinted December 191 x TRANSLATORS’ PREFACE This work, by Professor Bergson, has been revised in detail by the author himself, and the present translation is the only authorised one. For this ungrudging labour of revision, for the thoroughness with which it has been carried out, and for personal sympathy in many a difficulty of word and phrase, we desire to offer our grateful acknowledgment to Professor Bergson. It may be pointed out that the essay on Laughter originally appeared in a series of three articles in one of the leading magazines in France, the Revue de Paris. This will account for the relatively simple form of the work and the comparative absence of technical terms. It will also explain why the author has confined himself to exposing and illustrating his novel theory of the comic without entering into a detailed discussion of other explanations VI LAUGHTER already in the field. He none the less indicates, when discussing sundry example" why the principal theories, to which they have given rise, appear to him inadequate. To quote only a few, one may mention those based on con¬ trast, exaggera

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