by Pascal Campion

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The four temperaments: choleric, melancholic, sanguine, phlegmatic.

Four temperaments is a proto-psychological interpretation of the ancient medical concept of humorism and suggests that four bodily fluids affect human personality traits and behaviors. The temperaments are sanguine (pleasure-seeking and sociable), choleric (ambitious and leader-like), melancholic (introverted and thoughtful), and phlegmatic (relaxed and quiet).

The Greek physician Hippocrates (460–370 BC) incorporated the four temperaments into his medical theories. From then through modern times, they, or modifications of them, have been part of many theories of medicine and psychology, and literature.

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The much-anticipated Quakebook (2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake) — a wide-ranging collection of personal accounts and reflections about the massive earthquake that struck Japan on March 11 — is now available as a Kindle eBook on Amazon, and the entire purchase price ($9.99) goes to the Japanese Red Cross Society to assist those affected by the disaster. Highly recommended. [Link]

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