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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-021 — augustine: Augustine, Confessions 1.20.31, for memory and speech as misused divine gifts.; DJR-050 — Augustine: Augustine, Confessions 1.14.23: learning Greek under compulsion.; DJR-094 — confessions: Augustine, Confessions 1.13.; work/audit-015/sources.json — Augustine: Augustine, Confessions 1.14.23: learning Greek under compulsion.; work/audit-030/sources.json — 094-confessions: Augustine, Confessions 1.13..

BIB-1482

Augustine, Confessions 4.6: the friend as half of one’s soul. Augustine, Confessions 4.6

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Recorded uses: DJR-111 — Augustine Confessions: Augustine, Confessions 4.6: the friend as half of one’s soul.; work/audit-036/sources.json — 111-Augustine Confessions: Augustine, Confessions 4.6.

BIB-1483

Augustine, Confessions 8.8.19: the unlearned and heaven. Burton’s altered ending and incorrect marginal title are noted. Augustine, Confessions 8.8.19

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Recorded uses: DJR-160 — augustine: Augustine, Confessions 8.8.19: the unlearned and heaven. Burton’s altered ending and incorrect marginal title are noted.; work/audit-052/sources.json — 160-augustine: Augustine, Confessions 8.8.19.

BIB-1484

Augustine, City of God 1.11 and 1.16–17. Violent death, violation without consent and suicide. Augustine, City of God 1.22, Cleombrotus.

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Recorded uses: DJR-066 — Augustine: Augustine, City of God 1.11 and 1.16–17. Violent death, violation without consent and suicide.; DJR-158 — augustine: Augustine, City of God 1.22, Cleombrotus.; work/audit-051/sources.json — 158-augustine: Augustine, City of God 1.22, Cleombrotus..

BIB-1485

Augustine, City of God 4.4: the pirate and Alexander, a parallel to the unverified Curtius attribution. Augustine, City of God 4.4, Alexander and the pirate; a parallel, not verification of the Curtius attribution. Augustine, City of God 4.9: comparison of locator. Augustine, City of God 4.27: Scaevola and religious deception; Burton cites 4.9. Augustine, City of God 4.31: Varro and useful concealment. Augustine, City of God 4.9 Augustine, City of God 4.27 Augustine, City of God 4.31

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Recorded uses: DJR-008 — Augustine: Augustine, City of God 4.4: the pirate and Alexander, a parallel to the unverified Curtius attribution.; DJR-010 — augustine: Augustine, City of God 4.4, Alexander and the pirate; a parallel, not verification of the Curtius attribution.; DJR-068 — Augustine City4: Augustine, City of God 4.9: comparison of locator.; DJR-153 — augustine: Augustine, City of God 4.27: Scaevola and religious deception; Burton cites 4.9.; DJR-154 — augustine: Augustine, City of God 4.31: Varro and useful concealment.; work/audit-021/sources.json — Augustine City4: Augustine, City of God 4.9; work/audit-050/sources.json — 153-augustine: Augustine, City of God 4.27; work/audit-050/sources.json — 154-augustine: Augustine, City of God 4.31.

BIB-1486

Augustine, City of God 5.3, English translation: Nigidius’s potter’s-wheel argument about twins and Augustine’s rebuttal. Augustine, City of God 5.3, English translation

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Recorded uses: DJR-162 — Augustine53: Augustine, City of God 5.3, English translation: Nigidius’s potter’s-wheel argument about twins and Augustine’s rebuttal.; work/audit-053/sources.json — 162-Augustine53: Augustine, City of God 5.3, English translation.

BIB-1487

Augustine, City of God 6.10: Seneca on superstition. New Advent. Augustine, City of God 6.10, quoting Seneca’s Against Superstition.

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Recorded uses: DJR-009 — augustine: Augustine, City of God 6.10: Seneca on superstition. New Advent.; DJR-011 — Augustine: Augustine, City of God 6.10, quoting Seneca’s Against Superstition..

BIB-1488

Augustine, City of God 8.22–24: demonic imprisonment in the air and the Hermetic account of statues. Augustine City of God 8.22–24

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Recorded uses: DJR-030 — aug8: Augustine, City of God 8.22–24: demonic imprisonment in the air and the Hermetic account of statues.; work/audit-009/sources.json — aug8: Augustine City of God 8.22–24.

BIB-1489

Augustine, City of God 9.8; critique of demons’ passions and moral standing. Augustine, City of God 9.5. Augustine, City of God 9.8

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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.

Rights

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.