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Quotation from The Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant
“Laughter is an affection arising from the sudden transformation of a strained expectation into nothing”
The Critique of Judgement, Part I, § 54 (Remark), trans. J. H. Bernard (1914)
Kant's definition of laughter, followed by a physiological account of how the mind's sudden shift moves the intestines, diaphragm and lungs in a way he thinks beneficial to health.
Citation: "Laughter is an affection arising from the sudden transformation of a strained expectation into nothing" — Immanuel Kant, The Critique of Judgement, Part I, § 54 (Remark), trans. J. H. Bernard (1914). (id kant-critique-of-judgement-q10)
