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Laughter is a collection of three essays by French philosopher Henri Bergson, first published in 1900. It was written in French, the original title is Le Rire. Essai sur la signification du comique.
Henri-Louis Bergson was a French philosopher who was influential in the tradition of continental philosophy, especially during the first half
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