Laughter [ Communication ]
… of superficial good manners; they were elevated as an essential prop to civil society. The third earl of Shaftesbury ’s essay, Sensus Communis, or an Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour , was among the most prominent texts to make the case. For Shaftesbury, … moment in human society’ (Hutcheson 32). 8 7 . Anthony Ashley Cooper, third earl of Shaftesbury, Sensus Communis, or an Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour’ in Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (London, 1711), vol. 1, p. …
Humour | Impoliteness | Laughter | Manners | Politeness | Taste | Wit
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