vis comica
English
Etymology
Originating from an inaccurate interpretation of verses attributed to Julius Caesar: “Lenibus atque utinam scriptis adiuncta foret vis, Comica ut aequato virtus polleret honore Cum Graecis [...]”. An erroneous interpunction lead to mistaking cōmica as tied to vīs rather than to virtūs.
Noun
- Comic force.
- 2002 Bees by Rudolf Steiner, A Review by Bobby Matherne
- Also Steiner tells of someone who claimed that the comic elements comes about when someone has the vis comica, or "power of being comical." Again - the dormitive principle at work.
- 2002 Bees by Rudolf Steiner, A Review by Bobby Matherne
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