
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
“Like Aesop's fox, when he had lost his tail, would have all his fellow foxes cut off theirs.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“It is most true, stylus virum arguit,—our style bewrays us.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
Section 2, member 3, subsection 14.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“And hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.”
Section 1, member 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“He is only fantastical that is not in fashion.”
Section 2, member 2, subsection 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Aristotle said melancholy men of all others are most witty.”
Section 3, member 1, subsection 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Who cannot give good counsel? 'Tis cheap, it costs them nothing.”
Section 2, member 3, Air rectified. With a digression of the Air.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
“Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta Porcellus at his fingers' end.”
Section 1, member 1, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Going as if he trod upon eggs.”
Section 2, member 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Birds of a feather will gather together.”
Section 1, member 1, subsection 2, Love's Beginning, Object, Definition, Division.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so had he many vices; he had two distinct persons in him.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.”
Section 3, member 4, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 2, member 3, subsection 10.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“We can make majors and officers every year, but not scholars.”
Section 2, member 3, subsection 15, Love of Learning, or overmuch study. With a Digression of the misery of Scholars, and why the Muses are Melancholy.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
Section 2, member 2, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Though it rain daggers with their points downward.”
Section 2, member 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.”
Section 2, member 4, subsection 7, A heap of other Accidents causing Melancholy, Death of Friends, Losses, etc.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“To these crocodile tears they will add sobs, fiery sighs, and sorrowful countenance.”
Section 2, member 2, subsection 4.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Everything, saith Epictetus, hath two handles,—the one to be held by, the other not.”
Section 2, member 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
“Smile with an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.”
Section 4, member 2, subsection 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 3, member 1, subsection 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 4, member 1, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 1, member 1, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Diogenes struck the father when the son swore.”
Section 2, member 2, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 2, member 3, subsection 14.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Seneca thinks the gods are well pleased when they see great men contending with adversity.”
Section 2, member 1, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
“Diogenes struck the father when the son swore, because he taught him no better.”
Section 2, member 1, subsection 5, The last and best Cure of Love-Melancholy, is to let them have their Desire.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?”
Section 2, member 3, subsection 2, Of the Force of Imagination.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I