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February 29, 2020 • 18:20 pm 0 points
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Which two principal kinds of melancholy are proposed by Robert Burton in Volume III of Anatomy of Melancholy?

(a)    'Love'                    (b)    'Religious'
(c)    'Morbid'                 (d)    'Psychic'
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    The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, published in 1621 and expanded and altered in five subsequent editions (1624, 1628, 1632, 1638, 1651/52). In the first part of the treatise, Burton defines the "inbred malady" of melancholy, its causes and symptoms. The second part tells its cure. The third part deals with Love melancholy. The fourth section deals with religious melancholy. 

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