The word whim, as it is used in this passage by Henri Bergson, most nearly means ____.
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A man, running along the street, stumbles and falls; the passers-by burst out laughing. They would not laugh at him, I imagine, could they suppose that the whim had suddenly seized him to sit down on the ground. They laugh because his sitting down is involuntary.
distaste or aversion
wind or gale
illness or disease
urge or desire
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