Dear Homeskooled,
I'm sorry you're in a funk.
This harkens back to the "labeling" of humans into four categories -- see below. I found an amazing link that shows the interconnectedness of these personality types as described by the anceint Greeks, etc.
I think there are "personality types", and for the sake of my "Darwinist" psychiatric influence these days, perhaps each serves a purpose. There are several basic personality types, that do serve a different purpose.
Also, Wendy, I recall reading of many such studies. I also know of this from my DBT group where we noted our self-defeating behaviors. I guess I am a Melancholic in this regard, a negative thinker, etc. I'm not gluttonous however, LOL -- I don't think! :shock: .
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I don't know if Hippocrates came up with this....
http://www.kheper.net/topics/typology/four_humours.html
In Greek, Medieval, and Renaissance thought, the traditional four
elements form the basis for a theory of medicine and later
psychological typology known as the four humours. They constituted
the western equivalent of the Chinese five states of change.
Each of the humours were associated with various
correspondences and particular physical and mental characteristics,
and could, moreover, be combined for more complex personality
types: (e.g. choleric-sanguine, etc). The result is a system that
provides a quite elaborate classification of types of
personality.
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And for those of the literary inclination:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~hanly/chaucer/coursematerials/humours.html
The Four Humours*:
A traditional theory of physiology in which the state of
health--and by extension the state of mind, or character--depended
upon a balance among the four elemental fluids: blood, yellow bile,
phlegm, and black bile. These were closely allied with the four
elements (air, fire, water, and earth). Their correspondence is
described as follows:
BLOOD -- YELLOW -- BILE -- PHLEGM -- BLACK BILE
Air - Fire - Water - Earth --Excellent musical group by the way 8)
hot and moist/hot and dry/cold and moist/cold and dry
"SANGUINE" "CHOLERIC" "PHLEGMATIC" "MELANCHOLIC"
"SANGUINE" (amorous, happy, generous)
"CHOLERIC" (violent, vengeful)
"PHLEGMATIC" (dull, pale, cowardly)
"MELANCHOLIC" (gluttonous, lazy, sentimental)
The "humours" gave off vapors which ascended to the brain; an
individual's personal characteristics (physical, mental, moral)
were explained by his or her "temperament," or the state of theat
person's "humours."
Best,
D
I'm sorry you're in a funk.
This harkens back to the "labeling" of humans into four categories -- see below. I found an amazing link that shows the interconnectedness of these personality types as described by the anceint Greeks, etc.
I think there are "personality types", and for the sake of my "Darwinist" psychiatric influence these days, perhaps each serves a purpose. There are several basic personality types, that do serve a different purpose.
Also, Wendy, I recall reading of many such studies. I also know of this from my DBT group where we noted our self-defeating behaviors. I guess I am a Melancholic in this regard, a negative thinker, etc. I'm not gluttonous however, LOL -- I don't think! :shock: .
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I don't know if Hippocrates came up with this....
http://www.kheper.net/topics/typology/four_humours.html
In Greek, Medieval, and Renaissance thought, the traditional four
elements form the basis for a theory of medicine and later
psychological typology known as the four humours. They constituted
the western equivalent of the Chinese five states of change.
Each of the humours were associated with various
correspondences and particular physical and mental characteristics,
and could, moreover, be combined for more complex personality
types: (e.g. choleric-sanguine, etc). The result is a system that
provides a quite elaborate classification of types of
personality.
----------------------------------------
And for those of the literary inclination:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~hanly/chaucer/coursematerials/humours.html
The Four Humours*:
A traditional theory of physiology in which the state of
health--and by extension the state of mind, or character--depended
upon a balance among the four elemental fluids: blood, yellow bile,
phlegm, and black bile. These were closely allied with the four
elements (air, fire, water, and earth). Their correspondence is
described as follows:
BLOOD -- YELLOW -- BILE -- PHLEGM -- BLACK BILE
Air - Fire - Water - Earth --Excellent musical group by the way 8)
hot and moist/hot and dry/cold and moist/cold and dry
"SANGUINE" "CHOLERIC" "PHLEGMATIC" "MELANCHOLIC"
"SANGUINE" (amorous, happy, generous)
"CHOLERIC" (violent, vengeful)
"PHLEGMATIC" (dull, pale, cowardly)
"MELANCHOLIC" (gluttonous, lazy, sentimental)
The "humours" gave off vapors which ascended to the brain; an
individual's personal characteristics (physical, mental, moral)
were explained by his or her "temperament," or the state of theat
person's "humours."
Best,
D
