Project Gutenberg 2016-03-23 Public domain in the USA. 127 Meier, Georg Friedrich 1718 1777 Meier, G. Fr. (Georg Friedrich) Meier, George Friedrich Gedancken von Schertzen 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.) Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. de Wit and humor -- History and criticism PN Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Category: Humour Category: German Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 250806 2025-06-20T15:45:44.745534 text/html 231142 2024-10-23T00:13:16 text/html 485458 2025-06-20T15:45:53.035557 application/epub+zip 489832 2025-06-20T15:45:45.811593 application/epub+zip 256815 2025-06-20T15:45:45.269532 application/epub+zip 534672 2025-06-20T15:45:58.191482 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451529 2025-06-20T15:45:52.503524 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218938 2022-09-23T13:09:52.913954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214230 2025-06-20T15:45:44.172584 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 194279 2024-10-23T00:13:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16145 2025-06-20T15:45:58.349546 application/rdf+xml 18350 2025-06-20T15:45:45.388580 image/jpeg 3456 2025-06-20T15:45:45.331568 image/jpeg 376986 2025-06-20T15:45:44.782585 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia