About this title: Philosopher Henri Bergson was best known for his works on intuition, consciousness, time, and creative evolution. His writings included Matter and Memory, An Introduction to Metaphysics, and Creative Evolution, and he was said to have influenced thinkers such as Marcel Proust, William James, Santayana, and Martin Heidegger. After a career as a professor at the College de France, Bergson turned to diplomacy and writing, and was deeply involved with the League of Nations. While he won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1927, for a time his writings were shunned by devout Catholics. In Laughter, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arc Manor
Date Published: 2008-03-01
ISBN-13:9781604501063ISBN:1604501065
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dodo Press
Date Published: 2007-08-03
ISBN-13:9781406552669ISBN:1406552666
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Macmillan Co, New York
Date Published: 1921
Description: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Dark blue cloth boards with gold title on spine; light wear to corners of boards and ends of spine; markings on free front endpaper and small sticker on rear pastedown, otherwise interior is clean and unmarked; 200 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Arc Manor
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781604501063ISBN:1604501065
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Book Jungle
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781438504599ISBN:1438504594
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Edition: Reprint; Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1911
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, fox spotting at closed page edges, small bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise no inscriptions. viii + 200 pages. Translated from the French by Brereton and Rothwell. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: Macmillan & Co Ltd., New York
Date Published: 1917
Description: Good/No Jacket. Used This is the authorised translation. Cover has a few marks on rear board, corners are slightly bumped, head and tail of spine is bumped, page block is tanned, hinge at FEP is weak and has a gap but is still sound, FEP has a previous owners signature and small stamp, BEP is lightly foxed, text is clear and bright. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Book Jungle
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781438504599ISBN:1438504594
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BiblioLife, LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781110393480ISBN:1110393482
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BiblioLife, LLC
Date Published: 2009
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BiblioLife
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781110393534ISBN:1110393539
Description: BRAND NEW HARDCOVER. 9.21 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00210 pages) henri bergson was an early 20th century french philosopher. bergson's essay on laughter states that laughter is an intellectual response. we laugh because we feel uncomfortable when the unexpected occurs. when in a situation over which we have no control o lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardcover ) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1911
Description: Collectible; Very Good. **1ST EDITION 1911 WITH 1911 REVIEW OF BOOK PASTED IN** VG 1911 1ST IMPRESSION 1ST UK EDITION MACMILLAN HARDBACK, BLUE BOARDS WITH GILT LETTERING, NO DJ. LOVELY LARGER FORMAT MACMILLAN ISSUE, TRANSLATED BY CLOUDESLEY BRERETON & FRED ROTHWELL. NOT ONLY A VG IMPOSING 1ST EDITION-CONTAINS CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER REVIEW OF BERGSON'S STUDY PASTED INTO REAR END-PAPER! natural aging/corners bumped, but boards are still very bright and binding excellent. IMMEDIATE 1st Class ... read more
"Although I read Bergson as a philosophy student which predisposed me to try and try to find the gems this book must surely contain, I just couldn't get beyond the archaic and hyperbolic style. Typographically it is full of ALL CAPS shouting (was that in the original or just this edition?), apparently to make the key concepts stand out. The problem is that the examples don't deliver (or perhaps they are just too specific to the wrong era--too dated--and thus not general enough to make the universal appeal) which made close reading less rewarding. A supposedly classic text on the topic that I won't be reading again."
"A fine introduction to the meaning of what is comical, baring it down to the core, which sadly is mostly missing from what is considered comedy today."
"I don't have this exact edition. I just read the version on Project Gutenberg, which was even cheaper than the Dover copy. It's way fun stuff, especially for philosophy--well-written, smart, thoughtful without being pompous. His examples are a bit outdated and Frenchified, but then, it was written a long time ago, in France. His connections to William James make sense, as he writes in a similar style that's oddly expansive at the same time that's it's brief and light. Especially interesting if you, like I am, are prone to investigate the "why" of stuff that makes you giggle."
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