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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Recorded uses: DJR-108 — symposium: Plato, Symposium, Pausanias’s two loves and Diotima’s daemon, Benjamin Jowett translation, for comparison.; DJR-109 — Symposium: Plato, Symposium, Agathon’s speech in Benjamin Jowett’s translation: love brings peace on earth, calm at sea, still winds and sleep; contextual parallel.; DJR-110 — Plato Symposium: Plato, Symposium 215a–b, Benjamin Jowett translation, for comparison.; DJR-113 — Plato: Plato, Symposium 178a–c, 189d–192e and 202d–203c: Love’s ancestry, divided humans, the offer of fusion, and Porus and Penia.; DJR-125 — Plato: Plato, Symposium: Pausanias on lovers’ oaths.; work/audit-035/sources.json — 108-symposium: Plato, Symposium, Pausanias’s two loves and Diotima’s daemon, Benjamin Jowett translation, for comparison.; work/audit-035/sources.json — 109-Symposium: Plato, Symposium, Agathon’s speech in Benjamin Jowett’s translation; work/audit-035/sources.json — 110-Plato Symposium: Plato, Symposium 215a–b, Benjamin Jowett translation, for comparison.; work/audit-036/sources.json — 113-Plato: Plato, Symposium 178a–c, 189d–192e and 202d–203c; work/audit-040/sources.json — 125-Plato: Plato, Symposium.

BIB-0227

Plato, Timaeus 22b. Jowett translation. Plato, Timaeus, Benjamin Jowett translation: the allotment of souls to stars and rebirth according to conduct. Plato, Timaeus, Benjamin Jowett translation

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Recorded uses: DJR-012 — timaeus: Plato, Timaeus 22b. Jowett translation.; DJR-026 — PlatoTimaeus: Plato, Timaeus, Benjamin Jowett translation: the allotment of souls to stars and rebirth according to conduct.; work/audit-007/sources.json — PlatoTimaeus: Plato, Timaeus, Benjamin Jowett translation.

BIB-0228

Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder, criticism of selling aged slaves and animals; English translation. Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder: continuing public effort after honour. Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder

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Recorded uses: DJR-010 — cato: Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder, criticism of selling aged slaves and animals; English translation.; DJR-093 — Cato: Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder: continuing public effort after honour.; work/audit-030/sources.json — 093-Cato: Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder.

BIB-0229

Sophocles, Ajax: English comparison for the address to Eurysaces and life without awareness. Sophocles, Ajax

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Recorded uses: DJR-098 — sophocles: Sophocles, Ajax: English comparison for the address to Eurysaces and life without awareness.; work/audit-031/sources.json — 098-sophocles: Sophocles, Ajax.

BIB-0230

Sophocles, Antigone, trans. R. C. Jebb; choral ode to Love, especially lines 783–784. Sophocles, Antigone, trans. R. C. Jebb

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Recorded uses: DJR-119 — Antigone: Sophocles, Antigone, trans. R. C. Jebb; choral ode to Love, especially lines 783–784.; work/audit-038/sources.json — 119-Antigone: Sophocles, Antigone, trans. R. C. Jebb.

BIB-0231

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, book 2, Pericles’ speech; Richard Crawley’s translation. Thucydides 2.53: plague and the collapse of religious and legal restraints. Thucydides 2.53 Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, book 2, Pericles’ speech

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Recorded uses: DJR-003 — Thucydides: Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, book 2, Pericles’ speech; Richard Crawley’s translation.; DJR-162 — thucydides: Thucydides 2.53: plague and the collapse of religious and legal restraints.; work/audit-053/sources.json — 162-thucydides: Thucydides 2.53; work/audit-058/sources.json — 003-Thucydides: Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, book 2, Pericles’ speech.

BIB-0232

Greek Anthology 6.1, attributed to Plato, reproduced with its Greek text in Classics for All, Bellaria 70. Compared for the Lais mirror motif; Burton’s Latin intermediary remains unlocated. Greek Anthology 6.1, attributed to Plato, reproduced with its Greek text in Classics for All, Bellaria 70. Compared for the Lais mirror motif

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Recorded uses: DJR-056 — Greek Anthology: Greek Anthology 6.1, attributed to Plato, reproduced with its Greek text in Classics for All, Bellaria 70. Compared for the Lais mirror motif; Burton’s Latin intermediary remains unlocated.; work/audit-017/sources.json — Greek Anthology: Greek Anthology 6.1, attributed to Plato, reproduced with its Greek text in Classics for All, Bellaria 70. Compared for the Lais mirror motif.

BIB-0233

Lewis and Short, ambubaia, the classical flute girls.

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About This Reading Edition

Robert Burton’s Anatomy ranges across medicine, philosophy, poetry, religion, and everyday life in its inquiry into melancholy. This complete parallel edition pairs the 1651 English text with a close modern English rendering, preserving the three Partitions, Democritus Junior’s address to the reader, verse, and the historical index.

Historical Text and Translation

The historical text follows the sixth edition, printed at Oxford for Henry Cripps in 1651, using the McGill University Library copy. The supplied edition documents missing printed pages 98–99 supplied from another 1651 copy at the Bavarian State Library. Historical folio labels and their irregularities remain visible; web reader numbers identify reflowed passages and do not claim to reproduce PDF pagination.

About Diotimos Editions

Diotimos Editions prepared the close modern English rendering and editorial matter. All 8,755 original and modern passage pairs remain aligned, with verse breaks, italics, continuations, and linked annotations preserved. Burton’s 6,781 historical notes retain their attribution; 6,895 editorial notes remain distinct. The introduction, Note on the Text, contextual lexicon, indexes, source documentation, and bibliography are included. The engraved frontispiece remains available in the original downloads.

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Burton’s historical text is in the public domain. The modern English rendering, introduction, notes, and editorial matter are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and appear with the site owner’s permission. The complete supplied PDF, EPUB, Word, and Markdown files remain available unchanged. The PDF and Word edition preserve the original parallel page layout.