The Age of Wit, 1650-1750Macmillan, 1966 - 348 sidor |
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... ( witty ) in The Phaedrus ( Sections 269-270a ) . He was also acquainted with Plato's idea , stated in The Laws , that a person who is cupons ( witty , i.e. having excellent natural endowments ) may do more harm to the state than an ...
... ( witty ) in The Phaedrus ( Sections 269-270a ) . He was also acquainted with Plato's idea , stated in The Laws , that a person who is cupons ( witty , i.e. having excellent natural endowments ) may do more harm to the state than an ...
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... witty , a name which implies the happy turns of their art . . . . But as it is never necessary to look far for subjects of ridicule and as an excessive fondness for fun and mockery is pretty universal , it happens that not only true ...
... witty , a name which implies the happy turns of their art . . . . But as it is never necessary to look far for subjects of ridicule and as an excessive fondness for fun and mockery is pretty universal , it happens that not only true ...
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... witty , renders himself cheap , and , perhaps , ridiculous.64 Such a defect of the mind was believed to be a result of the delu- sion of imagination . The belief that wit could be ridiculous , even foolish , continued . Contemporaries ...
... witty , renders himself cheap , and , perhaps , ridiculous.64 Such a defect of the mind was believed to be a result of the delu- sion of imagination . The belief that wit could be ridiculous , even foolish , continued . Contemporaries ...
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