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Similarly, since amusement, every kind of
relaxation, and laughter are pleasant, ridiculous things—men, words,
or deeds—must also be pleasant.
The ridiculous has been discussed separately in the
Poetics.1 Let this suffice for things that are
pleasant; those that are painful will be obvious from the contraries of these.
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1 Only the definition appears in the existing text; “The ridiculous is an error, painless and non-destructive ugliness （Aristot. Poet. 5）.”
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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