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Felipe Lorenzo del Río

philógelos
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From the Greek, philogelos philogelotos, lover of laughter. Compilation of 265 jokes of classical antiquity, written in Greek to the 4th century perhaps by Hierocles and Filagrio. Laugh especially of philosophers and intellectuals whose eagerness for excessive knowledge leads them to lose common sense, also of the greedy, charlatans and fools especially if abderitas.

  



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