The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
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The Anatomy of Melancholy
The 1628 edition of the anatomy of melancholy is an illustrated frontispiece at the beginning of The 1628 edition. It has these huge sections and subsections Which are broken down on pseudoscientific lines I use that term advisedly To give the impression that the body of something is being taken to pieces in front of you He also calls himself not by his own name but by the name of Democritus Jr In contradiction to Heraclitus who was known as the crying philosopher Is that right? Yeah, yeah That's a wink to the knowing reader, isn't it?
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