NIETZSCHE: The Philosophy of Laughter

Nietzsche and the Philosophy of Laughter. Nietzsche frequently laughs and he especially recommends laughing at oneself. He does not speak of just any laugh, but of a laugh that comes from the depths of man. It is from that depth that one must learn to laugh the superhuman laugh. This laughter arises from the state of anguish and suffering. This is Nietzsche's answer to the absurdity of life and the comedy of existence.

Indeed, comedy must be included within the very art that Nietzsche proclaims is: “the highest task and the true metaphysical activity of this life.”

Perhaps best expressed in his masterpiece Thus Spoke Zarathustra, where the prophet Zarathustra, talks about the “laughter of the herd” and the “laughter of the height”. Other books worthy of mention are: The Gay Science, Beyond Good and Evil and The Will to Power.

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Sources

Weeks, M. (2004). Beyond a Joke: Nietzsche and the Birth of "Super-Laughter". Journal of Nietzsche Studies, (27), 1-17.

Gonzalo Aldonati, L. Entre la peste y la risa superadora. Una introducción al concepto de risa en la ciencia jovial. Revista de Filosofía Ὁδός Número 5, Año 3, Vol. 3, pp. 10-23

Rudar, M. (2014). Nietzsche and Comedy: Provocative Laughter Amidst a Tragic Philosophy (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University).

Alfano, M. (2019). Sense of Humor. In Nietzsche's Moral Psychology (pp. 216-232). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Lippitt, J. (1992). Nietzsche, Zarathustra and the status of laughter. The British Journal of Aesthetics, 32(1), 39-49.

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⌛ Timestamps

0:00 Introduction
1:50 Laughter of the Height and Laughter of the Herd
5:06 The Three Metamorphoses
8:10 Becoming Who One Is
11:20 Social aspects of Humour
12:26 Tragedy and Comedy
14:41 Conclusion

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