#robertburton

[publicdomainreview]

Title page to The Anatomy of Melancholy (1921) by Robert Burton. ⠀ ⠀ 380 years ago today the great scholar Robert Burton passed away in his chambers at Christ Church, Oxford, rumoured to be the result of suicide by hanging. Burton's great masterpiece was The Anatomy of Melancholy, first published in 1621, a vast feat of scholarship examining in encyclopaedic detail that most enigmatic of maladies (and one from which he too often suffered). In her essay "As a Lute out of Tune: Robert Burton’s Melancholy", Noga Arikha explores the book, said to be the favourite of both Samuel Johnson and Keats, and places it within the context of the humoural theory so popular at the time — click link in bio and search "melancholy".⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #anatomyofmelancholy #melancholy #depression #book #books #bookstagram #titlepage #robertburton #humours https://www.instagram.com/p/B7v_DO1JjFw/?igshid=v98v7j3sru3h

[galintisi]

"Başkalarını yönetmek isteyen insan, her şeyden önce kendisinin ustası olmalıdır." Robert Burton

[generallygothic]

"𝕸𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖞 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖙 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖔𝖗, 𝖎𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖇𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖞, 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖉𝖔 𝖓𝖔 𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖒. [...] 𝕭𝖚𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖞 𝖕𝖚𝖗𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖊, 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖈𝖆𝖓, 𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖆𝖑𝖑, 𝖈𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖈𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖉𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖍 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖔𝖗 𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖊, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖊𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖑𝖞 𝖆𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖘𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖙." Robert Burton 🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️ I had expected that Robert Burton, author of 1621's 'The Anatomy of Melancholy', wouldn't have had anything to say about witches. As it turns out, an entire section of his inexhaustible lifework is 'Of Witches and Magicians; How They Cause Melancholy'! By now, you may have gathered that I've not actually read Burton's almost one thousand five hundred page long treatise... [Enter:] the wonderful @devon_isadevon. I am delighted to share with you my latest blog post, filled with the beeitching, melancholic illustrations which Devon creates in response to Burton's epic. The piece is posted belatedly, and is actually intended to sit within my 🕯Horrible Histories🕯 series but, well you all know what happened round about then and the global time warp it created... Anyway, I now entirely understand Devon's obsession with Burton who is endlessly relevant (even when I ask him to be about witches), and I hope you will join me in obsessing over Devon's work too. Assuming that you are not yet a Burton disciple yourself, I posted a short introductory post, offering a condensed who, what, why of Burton and the melancholy, before things get deliciously dense and vibrantly gloomy in 'Devon is a Devon is a Burton: The Anatomy of Melancholy and the Artist'. 🔗: Links in bio - select 'Ode on Melancholy' for the short intro, and 'Melancholy and the Artist' for slugs, doughnuts, and the devil 🖤. 📸:@devon_isadevon . #seasonofthewitch #melancholy #devonisadevon #generallygothic #gothic #theanatomyofmelancholy #robertburton #blogpost #illustration #illustratedliterature #englishliterature #medievalliterature #witch #witches #cake #blogpost #blogger #litnerd #spookynerd #bookworm #classicliterature #bookstagram #illustrator #artistfeature #depression #satire #mentalhealth https://www.instagram.com/p/CAEzFpmAGWf/?igshid=112mir3cpvefj

[gianpritsingh]

"Sin presencia, no hay amor, solo apego". #robertburton #yoga #namaskar (at Casa del Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6MS6GWA3JZ/?igshid=6wgmgp0lg2no

[diverze]

Quote of the day..... #WTFG #robertburton #Buffalo #FreeEats #OwnYourOwn #Buffalove #Art #Quotes #art #hiphoplives #hiphopartists #Quotes #hiphopculture #Buffalo #7sixteen #UpstateNY (at Buffalo, New York)

[hazemmaguy]

A quiet mind cureth all. #RobertBurton (at Charlottesville, Virginia)

[mdelbarrio]

HISTORIA DE LA HIPOCONDRÍA VIII / II #anatomiadelamelancolia #robertburton #anatomyofmelancholy #1621 #dibujo #draw #illustration #ilustracion #comic #historia #history #doodle #hipocondria

[thejewofkansas]

#BookoftheDay: The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) Author: Robert Burton Pages: 1,036 "Whosoever he is, therefore, that is overrun with solitariness, or carried away with pleasing melancholy and vain conceits, and for want of employment knows not how to spend his time, or crucified with worldly care, I can prescribe him no better remedy than this of study, to compose himself to the learning of some art or science." (p. 458) #TheAnatomyofMelancholy #RobertBurton #Britishliterature #Englishliterature #melancholy #philosophy #scholarship #nonfiction #book #books

[sinetos]

A good conscience is a continual feast. #RobertBurton #Robert #Burton #quote #sinetos #quotes

[generallygothic]

Do you scribble on your books too? "Robert Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy" fascinated Keats. First published in 1621, it brought together medical, philosophical and literary opinions on the causes and treatment of this depressive condition. Keats discovered the story of Lamia and Lycius in a section on 'Love-Melancholy', which he annotated heavily." - John Keats' House, London. #generallygothic #gothic #romantics #romanticism #darkromanticism #literature #romanticliterature #gothicliterature #johnkeats #johnkeatshouse #keatshouse #keatshousemuseum #robertburton #melancholy #anatomyofmelancholy #litnerd #annotated

[gianpritsingh]

"Sin presencia, no hay amor, solo apego". #robertburton #yoga #namaskar (at Casa del Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6MSrAKgnGy/?igshid=11op6kpqzbt51

[quotepixel]

"And this is that Homer's golden chain, which reacheth down from heaven to earth, by which every creature is annexed, and depends on his Creator. "

- Robert Burto

[jessihamiltonresearch-blog]

the anatomy of melancholy

“The heavens themselves run continually round, the sun riseth and sets, the moon increaseth and decreaseth, stars and planets keep their constant motion, the air is still tossed by the winds, the waters ebb and flow, to their conservation no doubt, to teach us that we should ever be in action.”

“’...there can be no be no better cure than continual business,’ as Thasis holds, ‘to have some employment or other, which may set their mind awork and distract their cognitions.”

“If it be of the body, Guianerius allows that exercise which is gentle, ‘and still after those ordinary fractions,’ which must be used every morning. Montaltus, and Jason Pratensis used almost the same words, highly commending exercise if it be moderate; ‘a wonderful help so used,’Crato calls it, ‘and great means to preserve our health, as adding strength to the whole body, increasing natural heat, bu means of which the nutriment is well concocted in te stomach, liver, and veins, few or no crudities left, is happily distributed over all the body. Besides, it expels excrements by sweat and other insensible vapours; insomuch that Falen prefers exercise before all physic. rectification of diet, or any regiment in what kind soever; ‘tis nature’s physician.”