The Anatomy of Melancholy

In this edition. “carnall presumption” → “fleshly presumption” (DJR-167-54); “my security” → “my assurance” (DJR-167-54). “Fleshly” preserves the theological contrast, while “assurance” clarifies security. The article explains why the first phrase is broader than sensual indulgence.

See also. Faith and assurance.

Carriage

Source forms: cariages

The word. Carriage can mean conduct or manner of behaving. Cariages is the spelling found in the selected passage.

In Burton. Burton’s catalogue of follies runs through mad labours, books, endeavours and cariages before naming ignorance, actions and gestures. The sequence concerns forms of human activity and behaviour. Conduct supplies the sense appropriate to this satirical enumeration.

The places. Conduct is included in the catalogue of supposedly mad human activities. (p. 74; DJR-018-33.)

In this edition. “endeavors, cariages” → “undertakings and conduct” (DJR-018-33). The rendering prevents an irrelevant image of wheeled vehicles from entering the list.

See also. Conversation.

Casuists

Source forms: casuists

The word. Casuists are writers who discuss cases of conscience: particular problems of moral conduct and judgment.

In Burton. Burton invokes their criticism while attacking a gentry whose lives are consumed by recreation. The clause refers to their judgment on the sports and recreations just listed, especially the immoderation Burton immediately emphasizes. It identifies a type of moral authority rather than itself accusing that authority of dishonest reasoning.

The places. Writers on cases of conscience are cited against excessive aristocratic recreation. (p. 266; DJR-078-06.)

In this edition. “our Casuists tax” → “our writers on cases of conscience condemn” (DJR-078-06). The expanded phrase explains both the writers’ field and tax in its sense of censure.

See also. Divine.

Catoptrics and perspectives

Source forms: perspectives; Catoptricks; perspective glasses

The word. Perspectives can name optics, the study of sight. Catoptrics concerns reflected images, while perspective glasses denotes optical instruments or glasses without necessarily specifying one device.

In Burton. Burton assigns the problems of vision to writers on perspectives. Later, catoptrics helps explain apparently uncanny sights through dark rooms and shaped mirrors. Optical glasses also enter a gallery of objects enjoyed as recreation. The vocabulary spans an organized inquiry, an account of visual effects and a class of objects for viewing.

The places. Perspectives names the discipline concerned with vision. (p. 22; DJR-025-09.) Dark-room effects and shaped mirrors explain strange sights. (p. 211; DJR-064-28.) Optical glasses appear among objects of pleasurable inspection. (p. 278; DJR-080-33.)

In this edition. “Perspectives” → “optics” (DJR-025-09); “Catoptricks” → “catoptrics” (DJR-064-28); “perspective glasses” → “optical glasses” (DJR-080-33). “Optics” makes the disciplinary sense clear. “Optical glasses” leaves the instrument unspecified, as it is in the source.

See also. Glass; Species in perception; Fascination.

Cause

Source forms: impulsive cause; efficient cause; Continent causes; next causes; instrumental causes

The word. Cause takes several technical qualifications. An impulsive cause impels; an instrumental cause supplies the means; an efficient cause brings an action about. In the medical classification, antecedent causes prepare a condition, continent causes sustain it directly, and next causes are nearest or proximate.