“I would help others, out of a fellow-feeling.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
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The Anatomy of Melancholy
The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621, but republished five more times over the next seventeen years with massive alterations and expansions.
Section 2, member 3, subsection 11, Concupiscible Appetite, as Desires, Ambition, Causes.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Fabricius finds certain spots and clouds in the sun.”
Section 2, member 3.
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Section 2, member 2, subsection 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Many things happen between the cup and the lip.”
Section 2, member 3, Air rectified. With a digression of the Air.
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The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“Every man, as the saying is, can tame a shrew but he that hath her.”
Section 2, member 6, Perturbations of the mind rectified. From himself, by resisting to the utmost, confessing his grief to a friend, etc.
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“Be not solitary, be not idle.”
Section 4, member 2, subsection 6, Cure of Despair by Physic, Good Counsel, Comforts, etc.
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“They are proud in humility; proud that they are not proud.”
Section 2, member 3, subsection 14, Philautia, or Self-love, Vainglory, Praise, Honour, Immoderate Applause, Pride, overmuch Joy, etc., Causes.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“One religion is as true as another.”
Section 4, member 2, subsection 1, Religious Melancholy in defect; parties affected, Epicures, Atheists, Hypocrites, worldly secure, Carnalists; all impious persons, impenitent sinners, etc.
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Section 2, member 2.
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“When they are at Rome, they do there as they see done.”
Section 4, member 2, subsection 1.
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Section 4, member 1, subsection 2, Causes of Religious melancholy. From the Devil by miracles, apparitions, oracles. His instruments or factors, politicians, Priests, Impostors, Heretics, blind guides. In them simplicity, fear, blind zeal, ignorance, solitariness, curiosity, pride, vainglory, presumption, &c. his engines, fasting, solitariness, hope, fear, etc.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.”
Section 2, member 2, subsection 3, Custom of Diet, Delight, Appetite, Necessity, how they cause or hinder.
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“If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.”
Section 4, member 1, subsection 2.
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The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
Section 4, member 2, subsection 4, Symptoms of Despair, Fear, Sorrow, Suspicion, Anxiety, Horror of Conscience, Fearful Dreams and Visions.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.”
Section 2, member 1, subsection 2.
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Section 2, member 2.
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“The fear of some divine and supreme powers keeps men in obedience.”
Section 4, member 1, subsection 2, Causes of Religious melancholy. From the Devil by miracles, apparitions, oracles. His instruments or factors, politicians, Priests, Impostors, Heretics, blind guides. In them simplicity, fear, blind zeal, ignorance, solitariness, curiosity, pride, vainglory, presumption, &c. his engines, fasting, solitariness, hope, fear, etc.
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