Robert Burton
Born: 01-01-1577
Robert Burton was a 17th-century English scholar and clergyman best known for his work "The Anatomy of Melancholy," published in 1621. Educated at Oxford, he was deeply interested in the human condition, integrating elements of science, philosophy, and literature. His comprehensive exploration of melancholy and its effects is still regarded as a significant contribution to early modern psychology and literature, reflecting his scholarly and introspective nature.
Book summaries for books written by Robert Burton
Quotes
Melancholy, the daughter of idleness and love, the mother of cowardice and inconstancy.
Love is nothing else but a madnesse, a burning fever, a hot ague.
There is no greater cause of melancholy than idleness.
Melancholy is the nurse of frenzy.
The definition of love is the desire of union with the thing beloved.
Melancholy... is a kind of dotage, a disease of the mind, sorrow, discontent, madness.
Love is blind, and madness leads it by the hand.
Melancholy is a labyrinth, wherein the devil is to be found.
Love is a kind of warfare.
Melancholy is the source of many diseases.
Love is a torment, a fire, a poison.
Melancholy is a mischievous and most dangerous disease.