Eccentric Laughter

Author : Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:AH3CTE

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Commenting and Commentaries by Charles Haddon Spurgeon Pdf

Spurgeon's classic lecture series is paired with a carefully annotated catalogue of Biblical commentaries available in his day. This book is invaluable both to students of the Bible and pastors looking to expand their library of scriptural reference works. Spurgeon lists commentaries of specific Biblical books as well as the whole Bible--many of which are still in use today. Especially helpful are the crisp and instructive comments Spurgeon attaches to each reference work in his catalogue. This exhaustive listing of secondary resources is both a compendium of useful knowledge and a revealing (and sometimes amusing) look into the mind of the great preacher.

Author : Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385527249

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Commenting and Commentaries by Charles Haddon Spurgeon Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Author : Katrin Froese
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319550442

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Why Can't Philosophers Laugh? by Katrin Froese Pdf

This book analyzes Western and Chinese philosophical texts to determine why laughter and the comic have not been a major part of philosophical discourse. Katrin Froese maintains that many philosophical accounts of laughter try to unearth laughter's purpose, thereby rendering it secondary to the intentional and purposive aspects of human nature that impel us to philosophize. Froese also considers texts that take laughter and the comic as starting points, attempting to philosophize out of laughter rather than merely trying to unearth reasons for laughter. The book proposes that continuously unraveling philosophical assumptions through the comic and laughter may be necessary to live well.

Author : Shea Coulson
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443806763

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Adorno’s Aesthetics of Critique by Shea Coulson Pdf

Adorno's Aesthetics of Critique examines Theodor Adorno's mode of critique from the perspective of his aesthetics. This has two purposes. The first purpose is to determine the effect of the primary importance Adorno places on aesthetics in his philosophy as a whole and to determine how this primacy influences the way in which he reads the philosophical tradition. The second purpose is to understand the role of aesthetics in critical thinking generally and to reinvigorate Adorno's understanding of the subjective and objective dimensions of critique. The ultimate aim is to promote new interpretations of Adorno and to reassert his relevance for constructing effective modes of critical thinking. The book proceeds through four main chapters that focus on four different dimensions of Adorno's thought: knowledge, history, culture, and art. The first chapter uses Adorno's aesthetic theory to re-read his interpretation of Kant's subject-object dynamic. This grounds the second chapter, on history, which proceeds through an analysis of Adorno's reading of Hegel. The third chapter uses the philosophical grounding of the first two to explore how knowledge and history interact within society as fundamental dimensions of "culture". The scope and meaning of culture and its relevance for critique form the primary focus of this chapter. The fourth chapter turns to art to highlight the relationship between the critical and artistic dimensions of aesthetics in order to facilitate a dialogue between them. This serves the purpose of asserting and outlining the relevance of aesthetics for critical thought in the humanities and social sciences, which forms the crux of the book.

Author : Peter L. Berger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110354003

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Redeeming Laughter by Peter L. Berger Pdf

Amid the variety of human experiences, the comic occupies a distinctive place. It is simultaneously ubiquitous, relative, and fragile. In this book, Peter L. Berger reflects on the nature of the comic and its relationship to other human experiences. Berger contends that the comic is an integral aspect of human life, yet one that must be approached and analyzed circumspectly and circuitously. Beginning with an exploration of the anatomy of the comic, Berger addresses humor in philosophy, physiology, psychology, and the social sciences before turning to a discussion of different types of comedy and finally suggesting a theology of the comic in terms of its relationship to folly, redemption, and transcendence. Along the way, the reader is treated to a variety of jokes on a variety of topics, with particular emphasis on humor and its relationship to religion. Originally published in 1997, the second edition includes a new preface reflecting on Berger’s work in the intervening years, particularly on the relationship between humor and modernity.

Author : Amanda Scott
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480415195

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The Bath Eccentric's Son by Amanda Scott Pdf

On the run from a loathsome proposal, a woman receives a surprising offer that might just lead her to true love . . . Nell Bradbourne’s life is turned upside down when she loses her estate to her cousin, Jarvis. When he pursues her hand in marriage, too, Nell flees to Bath. It’s not long before she encounters the dashing and mischievous Brandon Manningford, whose ailing father—a cold and distant man—has just burdened him with a wholly unexpected task. Brandon and Nell both have something to gain by entering into an alliance—but what will happen when their feelings for each other threaten to upset their tenuous partnership? The Bath Eccentric's Son is the 3rd book in the Bath Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780300151824

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The Kingdom of Infinite Space by Raymond Tallis Pdf

In this pathbreaking book, one of Britain s most eloquent and original thinkers writes about the head, what happens in it, and how it is and is not connected to our sense of identity and consciousness. Blending science, philosophy, and humor, Raymond Tallis examines the extraordinarily complex relationship we have with our heads. His aim, as he says, is to turn readers into astonished tourists of the piece of the world that is closest to them, so they never again take for granted the head that looks at them from the mirror. Readers will delight that this is precisely what he accomplishes. The voyage begins with a meditation on the self-portrait of a mirror image, followed by a consideration of the head s various secretions. Tallis contemplates the air we exhale; the subtle meanings of nods, winks, and smiles; the mysteries of hearing, taste, and smell. He discusses the metaphysics of the gaze, the meaning of kissing, and the processes by which the head comes to understand the world. Along the way he offers intriguing digressions on such notions as having and using one s head, and enjoying and suffering it. Tallis concludes with his thoughts on the very thing the reader s head has been doing throughout the book: thinking.

Author : Henri Bergson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486113579

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Laughter by Henri Bergson Pdf

In this great philosophical essay, Henri Bergson explores why people laugh and what laughter means. Written at the turn of the twentieth century, Laughter explores what it is in language that makes a joke funny and what it is in us that makes us laugh. One of the functions of humor, according to Bergson, is to help us retain our humanity during an age of mechanization. Like other philosophers, novelists, poets, and humorists of his era, Bergson was concerned with the duality of man and machine. His belief in life as a vital impulse, indefinable by reason alone, informs his perception of comedy as the relief we experience upon distancing ourselves from the mechanistic and materialistic. "A situation is always comic," Bergson notes, "if it participates simultaneously in two series of events which are absolutely independent of each other, and if it can be interpreted in two quite different meanings." The philosopher's thought-provoking insights (e.g., "It seems that laughter needs an echo. Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.") keep this work ever-relevant as a thesis on the principles of humor.

Author : Chogyam Trungpa
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611803907

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The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume 9 by Chogyam Trungpa Pdf

Volume nine includes five books published between 2003 and 2009, a set of cards that present the Shambhala warrior slogans, and eighteen articles and interviews, all from 1983 or earlier. The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa brings together in ten volumes the writings of one of the first and most influential and inspirational Tibetan teachers to present Buddhism in the West. Organized by theme, the collection includes full-length books as well as articles, seminar transcripts, poems, plays, and interviews, many of which have never before been available in book form. From memoirs of his escape from Chinese-occupied Tibet to insightful discussions of psychology, mind, and meditation; from original verse and calligraphy to the esoteric lore of tantric Buddhism—the impressive range of Trungpa’s vision, talents, and teachings is showcased in this landmark series. Volume Nine contains an extremely diverse group of teachings. It includes both early and later talks, from an article published in 1966 in India to books published in the new millennium to material from a set of cards that present the Shambhala warrior slogans. The subject matter ranges from Zen to dharma art, from Shambhala politics to Vajrayana buddhadharma. The selected writings in this book are articles from before Chögyam Trungpa’s death in 1987 and include two interviews and several previously unpublished pieces.

Author : James Sully
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547344438

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An Essay on Laughter: Its Forms, Its Causes, Its Development and Its Value by James Sully Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "An Essay on Laughter: Its Forms, Its Causes, Its Development and Its Value" by James Sully. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Paul E. Kirkland,Michael J. McNeal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350225251

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Joy and Laughter in Nietzsche’s Philosophy by Paul E. Kirkland,Michael J. McNeal Pdf

Analyzing the importance of joy, laughter, and cheerfulness in Nietzsche's thought, this volume addresses an under-examined topic in the secondary literature. By exploring disparate aspects of these interrelated emotions it provides new insights into his key ideas. The contributors-among them philosophers and political scientists-illustrate the significance of these feelings to reveal political ramifications of their affirmative potential and their broader role in Nietzsche's philosophical aims. These include how the joyful disposition Nietzsche commends informs his free spirit's self-overcoming, attempts to revalue all values, and prospects of ultimately transfiguring humanity. Among other topics, scholars assess the Übermensch and shared joy, learning to laugh at oneself, Schopenhauer's jokes, Pascal's cheerfulness, and the Dada movement's subversively playful aesthetic. By contemplating Nietzsche's emphasis on joy and laughter, the volume reveals a thinker who, far from being a caricature of hopeless nihilism, is in fact the hitherto unrecognised champion of an alternative liberatory politics.

Author : Raghvendra Patil
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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In The Domain Of White Herons by Raghvendra Patil Pdf

`In the Domain of White Herons’ includes six stories, that were collected, in a book, `Deasgati’, published in Kannada. Raghavendra Patil himself translated these stories. These stories are significant new additions to Indian English literature. The stories in this anthology give vivid human experiences that are very nascent. They also narrate human predicaments, revealing the helpless existence of human beings. The stories `In the Domain of White Herons’ are built in rural, rustic environs and they explore the individuals and the systems simultaneously. The most convincing transits between threadbare realism and magical realism, created in these stories make this collection a formidable one. The transit of the language structuring these stories, between prosaic and poetic states is also remarkable. As a reader enters these stories, he will definitely experience the most refreshing rhythm and tonal veracity.

Author : Chogyam Trungpa
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0834821249

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The Mishap Lineage by Chogyam Trungpa Pdf

All of us experience obstacles as part of our journey, in life and on the spiritual path. In many cases, we think of them as purely something unpleasant to overcome, or as a mistake that needs correcting. Here, Chögyam Trungpa takes a radically different approach to such obstacles, teaching that unexpected chaos, confusion, and emotional upheavals can actually be used as fuel for the journey—an energy that can transform confusion into sanity and wisdom. He illustrates this transformative principle through telling the lively history of the Trungpa tulkus (a lineage within the Kagyü tradition of Tibetan Buddhism), of which he was the eleventh incarnation. Trungpa referred to his lineage as the "Mishap Lineage" because of the ups and downs and colorful lives that were typical of his predecessors, and true of his own life as well. The stories of the Trungpas are seen as a guide for the practitioner’s journey and help us to understand how important lineage and community remain for us today.

Author : John Timbs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Characters and characteristics
ISBN : HARVARD:32044090375684

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English Eccentrics and Eccentricities by John Timbs Pdf

Author : William Novak
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781501150791

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Die Laughing by William Novak Pdf

From the co-creator of the celebrated Big Book of Jewish Humor comes a laugh-out-loud collection of jokes about growing older that makes fun of memory loss, marriages, medicine, sex, the afterlife, and much more, making this the perfect gift for almost anyone who was born before you were. Growing older can be unsettling and surprising. (How on earth did this happen? Where did the years go?) So what better way to deal with this new stage of life than to laugh about your new reality? Die Laughing includes more than enough jokes (not to mention cartoons!) to let that laughter burst out. Whether it’s dealing with doctors, dating in one’s seventies, or unexpected bodily changes (not to mention funny noises), some things are easier to face with a smile of recognition. That’s why Die Laughing is the perfect gift for your parents, anyone celebrating a significant birthday, or any boomer with a sense of humor whose age begins with a six or higher.