Jan 27
7 min read
A Brief History of Melancholy
Melancholy has a long and fascinating history
According to Oxford Languages, Google’s English dictionary, melancholy, or melancholia, is “a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.” Although today it’s commonly used as a synonym for depression or deep sadness, the term melancholy has a long, fascinating history and a complex denotation. In particular, as the…
