Project Gutenberg 2016-03-23 Public domain in the USA. 27 Meier, Georg Friedrich 1718 1777 Meier, G. Fr. (Georg Friedrich) Meier, George Friedrich Gedancken von Schertzen Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This transcription was produced from images generously made available by Bayerische Staatsbibliothek / Bavarian State Library.) "Gedancken von Schertzen" by Georg Friedrich Meier is a philosophical treatise written in the mid-18th century. The book explores the nature of humor, examining what constitutes a good joke and how they can be critiqued. Meier aims to refine the taste of his compatriots in humor, arguing for a nuanced understanding of what makes a joke truly effective and palatable. The opening of the work presents Meier's reflections on the significance of improving the taste for humor among his readers. He acknowledges the challenge of addressing humor with the same seriousness reserved for other forms of artistic expression. Moreover, Meier delineates between various types of humor and the critical frameworks through which they should be evaluated, suggesting that good humor requires both wit and an understanding of aesthetic principles. He introduces the idea that a well-crafted joke must be new and unexpected to maintain its charm, thereby setting the stage for a deeper exploration of humor throughout the treatise. (This is an automatically generated summary.) de Wit and humor -- History and criticism PN Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature 250621 250629 2024-10-21T13:05:18.475428 2023-09-22T09:57:57.485906 text/html text/html 251558 2016-03-23T10:21:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 367411 2016-03-23T10:21:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 485330 2024-10-21T13:05:26.495453 application/epub+zip 489774 2024-10-21T13:05:19.455480 application/epub+zip 256755 2024-10-21T13:05:18.990447 application/epub+zip 534658 2024-10-21T13:05:31.433310 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451411 2024-10-21T13:05:26.016376 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218938 2022-09-23T13:09:52.913954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214400 214186 2024-10-21T13:05:17.983431 2023-09-22T09:57:56.991890 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 214570 2016-03-23T10:21:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 73823 2016-03-23T10:21:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19049 2024-10-21T13:05:31.587362 application/rdf+xml 18350 2024-10-21T13:05:19.072412 image/jpeg 3456 2024-10-21T13:05:19.032424 image/jpeg 376930 2024-10-21T13:05:18.510451 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