Project Gutenberg 2006-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 272 Various Verschillende Various, Various Chambers, Robert 1802 1871 Chambers, R. (Robert) Chambers, William 1800 1883 Chambers, W. (William) Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852 Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Richard J. Shiffer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438" by Various is a periodical publication written in the mid-19th century. As part of a broader series, it features articles on a variety of topics reflecting on culture, society, and philosophy. The journal covers a range of subjects including laughter, personal anecdotes, science, and literature, aiming to engage and educate its readers on thought-provoking issues of the time. The opening of this particular issue presents a philosophical exploration of laughter, challenging conventional notions that laughter is a childish or trivial response. The author provides observations ranging from the gravity of infants to the nature of adult laughter, emphasizing its complexity as a reaction to intellect and emotion rather than merely a form of amusement. Through anecdotes and philosophical discourse, the author highlights the importance of laughter in human experience, underscoring its role in intellectual discussions among a circle of philosophers and its contrast with the weightiness of serious inquiry. This thought-provoking introduction sets the tone for a journal that seeks to illuminate various aspects of life and thought in Victorian society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Periodicals AP Text Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Other 156663 156557 2024-09-08T09:26:43.187390 2023-09-08T11:19:59.238926 text/html text/html 153961 2006-07-17T16:29:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 99542 2006-07-17T16:29:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 161104 2024-09-08T09:26:47.887375 application/epub+zip 161821 2024-09-08T09:26:44.834399 application/epub+zip 123567 2024-09-08T09:26:43.856380 application/epub+zip 317311 2024-09-08T09:26:50.270379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306004 2024-09-08T09:26:47.206381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 155650 2022-09-09T06:11:53.883850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141187 141081 2024-09-08T09:26:42.845413 2023-09-08T11:19:58.932877 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 141037 2006-07-17T16:29:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 57997 2006-07-17T16:29:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 141031 2006-07-17T16:29:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57964 2006-07-17T16:29:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21315 2024-09-08T09:26:50.420333 application/rdf+xml 16830 2024-09-08T09:26:44.206370 image/jpeg 3903 2024-09-08T09:26:44.030382 image/jpeg 161111 2024-09-08T09:26:43.205377 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia