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摘要: INTRODUCTION: THE QUESTION OF LAUGHTER Philosophers have often been thought as thinkers bereft of laughter and cheerfulness. The idea that a lot people, including good numbers philosophers, is philosophers represent an ascetic class people who advance serious discipline the most difficult profound issues. One might assume Martin Heidegger such grave figure. Hans-Georg Gadamer, Heidegger's closest trusted student, testifies following: was person beset by great questions final things, shaken down to last fibers his existence, concerned with God death, Being 'nothing,' had called thinking mission life. These were burning aroused generation whose pride in their cultural educational tradition shaken, plagued crippled horrors materialistic slaughter World War I, these also questions. (1) Gadamer's remark seems be confirmed undoubted observation nothing say about effect philosophical tradition. As result, there almost no direct engagement question particular comic general among scholars. (2) In what follows, I beg differ point out sanctions meaning envisioned rehearsed Heidegger. By raising laughter, inverse 'What laughter?' into 'Why it brings forth meaning?' Rephrased Heideggerian way, put question, reveals understanding well preconceived prejudices conceal understanding?' However, important note embark on comically ridiculously since follow text closely order find something not explicitly stated text. Indeed, really matters this essay says but rather could never possibly say. underlying trick here laughable, which authorizes saying. essay, hope initiate propaedeutic hermeneutics laughter. introduce tricky advances both assumed distort understanding. identify inextricable connection trickery interpretive method at hand fashioned from mythological figure Hermes incurs he deceives. argue, hence, favour dispenses form poetic composition. hermeneut initiated hermeneutic circle act [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] Greeks, so playfully name echo Hermes' 'Gelotopoesis.' then turn Plato Aristotle discover hypertonic boastfulness hypotonic irony two modalities set tone for meaningful echoing surplus simultaneously authorize transgress stake essay: possibility pure simple Self-understanding Dasein. Through Dasein's Self-understanding, notion presence fully attested one only prejudice exceeds, surpasses, overcomes itself extreme pitch conceals hypotonically. end noting forces us laugh back Heidegger, thus relegating him heritage essentially belongs. …