The Anatomy of Melancholy eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 2,057 pages of information about The Anatomy of Melancholy.

The Anatomy of Melancholy eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 2,057 pages of information about The Anatomy of Melancholy.

Love and love melancholy, Memb. 1 Sect. 1.

  Preface or Introduction. Subsect. 1.

  Love’s definition, pedigree, object, fair, amiable, gracious, and
   pleasant, from which comes beauty, grace, which all desire and love,
   parts affected.

  Division or kinds, Subs. 2.

Natural, in things without life, as love and hatred of elements; and
with life, as vegetable, vine and elm, sympathy, antipathy, &c.

Sensible, as of beasts, for pleasure, preservation of kind, mutual
agreement, custom, bringing up together, &c.

or Rational

Simple, which hath three objects as M. 2.
Profitable, Subs. 1.
Health, wealth, honour, we love our benefactors:  nothing
so amiable as profit, or that which hath a show of
commodity. 
Pleasant, Subs. 2.
Things without life, made by art, pictures, sports,
games, sensible objects, as hawks, hounds, horses; Or
men themselves for similitude of manners, natural
affection, as to friends, children, kinsmen, &c., for
glory such as commend us. 
Of women, as
Before marriage, as Heroical Mel. Sect. 2. vide
[Symbol:  Aries]
Or after marriage, as Jealousy, Sect. 3. vide
[Symbol:  Taurus]
Honest, Subs. 3.
Fucate in show, by some error or hypocrisy; some seem and
are not; or truly for virtue, honesty, good parts,
learning, eloquence, &c.

or Mixed of all three, which extends to M. 3.
Common good, our neighbour, country, friends, which is
charity; the defect of which is cause of much discontent
and melancholy.
or God, Sect. 4.
In excess, vide [Symbol:  Gemini]
In defect, vide [Symbol:  Cancer]

[Symbol:  Aries] Heroical or Love-Melancholy, in which consider,

Memb. 1. His pedigree, power, extent to vegetables and sensible
creatures, as well as men, to spirits, devils, &c.

His name, definition, object, part affected, tyranny. [Subs. 2.]

Causes, Memb. 2.

      Stars, temperature, full diet, place, country, clime, condition,
        idleness, S. 1.
      Natural allurements, and causes of love, as beauty, its praise, how
        it allureth. 
      Comeliness, grace, resulting from the whole or some parts, as face,
        eyes, hair, hands, &c. Subs. 2.
      Artificial allurements, and provocations of lust and love, gestures,
        apparel, dowry, money, &c.
      Quest.  Whether beauty owe more to Art or Nature? Subs. 3.
      Opportunity of time and place, conference, discourse, music, singing,
        dancing, amorous tales, lascivious objects, familiarity, gifts,
        promises, &c. Subs. 4.
      Bawds and Philters, Subs. 5.

Symptoms or signs, Memb. 3.

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