![]() ![]() Therefore, Hobbes proposed there must always be an element of competition or conflict associated with humour and laughter which is why he viewed humour and laughter as negatively framed and something that should be supressed and not used in excess. ![]() Hobbes believed that laughter was a biproduct of our own malicious enjoyment experienced through our own sense of triumph over others. Hobbes is therefore an uncompromising superiority theorist and one who has become a central, prominent name when considering the superiority theory of humour. Unlike Descartes, who acknowledged some potentially positive considerations of the superiority theory of humour, such as the positive emotions of joy and wonder being capable of producing humour without the presence of hatred, and its ability to positively benefit society through facilitating corrective behaviour, Hobbes offered a more unforgiving account of humour, laughter and the superiority theory. ![]()
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