Preface PART HISTORY OF COMEDY 1. The Good, the Bad, and the On the Ancient Origins of Comedy 2. The The Romantic Loss of Comedy PART LOGIC OF COMEDY 3. Everyone Joins the The Dialectic of Comic Action 4. Whatever Structure and Topics of Comedy 5. The Catastrophe of the Good Ending PART ETHICS OF COMEDY 6. Foolish The Philosopher as a Comic Figure Conclusion