Sanity in Bedlam: A Study of Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy

additions Anatomy Anatomy of Melancholy appear believe better body Burton cause century changes character Christian Church cites concerning continually cure deal Democritus discussion diseases divine doctrine earlier early Elizabethan England English especially evidence example field fifth finds follow fourth frequently gives God's Greek human humor ideas includes interest knowledge later Latin learned less literature live London man's material matter means melancholy mind misery moral nature never notes opinion original Oxford Paracelsus passage passions Paul Jordan-Smith period philosopher physical play pleasures preface principles psychology published question quotations quotes reader reason refers religion religious remedy Renaissance Robert Burton satiric says scholars scientific second edition seems seventeenth century Shilleto shows social sometimes soul sources specific spirits suggest takes theory things thinking third thought tion translation treatise various writes written