In the first sentence of the required reading, we get what Aristotle believes about comedy, "comedy...is an imitation of people who are worse than average" (14).
Aristotle also wrote about what he called "buffoons" and "boors". Buffoons are those that "cannot resist any temptation to be funny, and spares neither himself nor others if he can get a laugh" (15). *this, to a point, is definitely me* The Boor "contributes nothing and takes offense at everything" (16). I don't even know how many people I know who fit these two categories. Although, I would argue that in society today, the "buffoons" are more conscientious about others' feelings than perhaps they were in his time.
Aristotle also addresses different types of humor from different types of people; educated and uneducated from well-bred and vulgar people.
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