
The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621, Democritus Junior to the Reader
Original engl.: "All poets are mad."
Robert Burton war ein englischer Schriftsteller und anglikanischer Geistlicher und Gelehrter.
Burton verbrachte fast sein ganzes Leben als Erwachsener als Geistlicher und Gelehrter am Christ Church College in Oxford. Er schrieb zunächst wenig erfolgreiche Dramen und unbedeutende Lyrik. Erst sein unter dem Pseudonym Democritus junior veröffentlichtes Buch Anatomie der Melancholie , das fünf ständig erweiterte Auflagen zu Lebzeiten und eine postume Auflage erlebte, wurde ein großer Erfolg. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Abhandlung über den körperlich-geistigen Krankheitszustand der Melancholie, ihrer Geschichte, Ursachen und Heilmöglichkeiten. Sie gilt heute als Vorläufer der psychischen Krankheit Depression. In diesem Buch popularisierte Burton auch die Metapher „Auf den Schultern von Giganten“, deren Urheber Bernhard von Chartres ist, und begründete erste Vorläufer der Kognitionswissenschaft.
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The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621, Democritus Junior to the Reader
Original engl.: "All poets are mad."
Robert Burton: Die Anatomie der Melancholie (orig. The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621), aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Werner v. Koeppenfels nach der Ausgabe letzter Hand, Oxford 1651, 3. Auflage, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-87162-007-6, S.124
„Hat denn der Tag kein Ende? Amor non patitur moras; Liebe leidet kein Zögern.“
Robert Burton: Die Anatomie der Melancholie (orig. The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621), aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Werner v. Koeppenfels nach der Ausgabe letzter Hand, Oxford 1651, 3. Auflage, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-87162-007-6, S.300
"the longest day that ever was, so she raves, restless and impatient; for Amor non patitur moras, love brooks no delays:"
„Idioten und Wahnsinnige erzählen gewöhnlich die Wahrheit.“
-The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621, Democritus Junior to the Reader
Original engl.:Fools and madmen tell commonly the truth.
Robert Burton: Die Anatomie der Melancholie (orig. The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621), aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Werner v. Koeppenfels nach der Ausgabe letzter Hand, Oxford 1651, 3. Auflage, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-87162-007-6, S.122
“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.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 2, member 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
“When they are at Rome, they do there as they see done.”
Section 4, member 2, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
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.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.”
Section 4, member 1, subsection 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
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.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
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Section 2, member 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
“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.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Like the watermen that row one way and look another.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“Where God hath a temple, the Devil will have a chapel.”
Section 4, member 1, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.”
Section 2, member 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
Section 2, member 2, subsection 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 2, member 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
“I had not time to lick it into form, as a bear doth her young ones.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“[Desire] is a perpetual rack, or horsemill, according to Austin, still going round as in a ring.”
Section 2, member 3, subsection 11.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“They do not live but linger.”
Section 2, member 3, subsection 10.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“Can build castles in the air.”
Section 2, member 1, subsection 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
Section 1, member 2, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 3, member 1, subsection 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
Section 2, member 3, subsection 12.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
Section 2, member 1, subsection 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“All places are distant from heaven alike.”
Section 2, member 4, Exercise rectified of Body and Mind.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer.”
Section 1, member 2, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader