The merry philosopher [electronic resource] : or, thoughts on jesting. Containing rules by which a proper judgment of jests may be formed; and the Criterion for distinguishing true and genuine Wit from that which is False and Spurious: Together with instructions for improving the taste of those, who have a natural turn for pleasantry and good humour. By George Frederick Meier, Professor of Philosophy at Halle, Member of the Royal Academy at Berlin, and Author of several much-admired Works in the German Language. Now first translated into English from the German original.