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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
Robert Burton
Born: February 8, 1577
Died: January 25, 1640 (aged 62)
Bio: Robert Burton was an English scholar at Oxford University, best known for the classic The Anatomy of Melancholy. He was also the incumbent of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, and of Seagrave in Leicestershire.
Known for:
- The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
- The Essential Anatomy of Melancholy
- Some Anatomies of Melancholy
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