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- 1. The Four Humours- Elizabethan England introverted and thoughtful pondering and considerate, concerned about tardiness highly creative in poetry and art preoccupied with tragedy and cruelty of life; pessimistic tendency towards perfectionism self-reliant and independent often self-involved and forgetful Melancholic relaxed and quiet, ranging from warmly attentive to lazily sluggish content with themselves and are kind, accepting and affectionate receptive and shy and often prefer stability to uncertainty and change consistent, relaxed, calm, rational, curious, and observant good administrators can also be passive-aggressive Phlegmatic ambitious; possessed of leadership qualities aggressive, with great energy, and/or passion, and attempts to instill it in others domineering people of other temperaments, especially phlegmatics tend to be either highly disorganized or highly organized prone to deep and sudden depression/ mood swings. Choleric impulsive and pleasure-seeking; sociable, charismatic and boisterous; self-assured and confident; talkative; sensitive, compassionate and thoughtful; occasionally sarcastic fond of social gatherings, but also seeks solitude very creative: “daydreamers”; struggles with completing tasks, especially when the activity becomes dull chronically late and forgetful Sanguine Emotionally Unstable Emotionally Stable Introverted Extroverted blood < liver • AIR yellow bile < spleen • FIRE phlegm < lungs • WATER black bile < gall bladder • EARTH Choleric-MelancholicSanguine-Phlegmatic Phlegmatic-Melancholic Choleric-Sanguine 4 Humours The HOT COLD MOIST DRY C.Rush- 3/2012 The Four Humours and How They Were Viewed in Elizabethan England
- 2. The Four Humours- Elizabethan England introverted and thoughtful pondering and considerate, concerned about tardiness highly creative in poetry and art preoccupied with tragedy and cruelty of life; pessimistic tendency towards perfectionism self-reliant and independent often self-involved and forgetful Melancholic relaxed and quiet, ranging from warmly attentive to lazily sluggish content with themselves and are kind, accepting and affectionate receptive and shy and often prefer stability to uncertainty and change consistent, relaxed, calm, rational, curious, and observant good administrators can also be passive-aggressive Phlegmatic ambitious; possessed of leadership qualities aggressive, with great energy, and/or passion, and attempts to instill it in others domineering people of other temperaments, especially phlegmatics tend to be either highly disorganized or highly organized prone to deep and sudden depression/ mood swings. Choleric impulsive and pleasure-seeking; sociable, charismatic and boisterous; self-assured and confident; talkative; sensitive, compassionate and thoughtful; occasionally sarcastic fond of social gatherings, but also seeks solitude very creative: “daydreamers”; struggles with completing tasks, especially when the activity becomes dull chronically late and forgetful Sanguine Emotionally Unstable Emotionally Stable Introverted Extroverted blood < liver • AIR yellow bile < spleen • FIRE phlegm < lungs • WATER black bile < gall bladder • EARTH Choleric-MelancholicSanguine-Phlegmatic Phlegmatic-Melancholic Choleric-Sanguine 4 Humours The HOT COLD MOIST DRY C.Rush- 3/2012
- 3. The Four Humours- Elizabethan England introverted and thoughtful pondering and considerate, concerned about tardiness highly creative in poetry and art preoccupied with tragedy and cruelty of life; pessimistic tendency towards perfectionism self-reliant and independent often self-involved and forgetful Melancholic black bile < gall bladder • EARTH “sad, gloomy, or depressed”
- 4. The Four Humours- Elizabethan England ambitious; possessed of leadership qualities aggressive, with great energy, and/or passion, and attempts to instill it in others domineering people of other temperaments, especially phlegmatics tend to be either highly disorganized or highly organized prone to deep and sudden depression/ mood swings. Choleric yellow bile < spleen • FIRE “bad-tempered or irritable”
- 5. The Four Humours- Elizabethan England relaxed and quiet, ranging from warmly attentive to lazily sluggish content with themselves and are kind, accepting and affectionate receptive and shy and often prefer stability to uncertainty and change consistent, relaxed, calm, rational, curious, and observant good administrators can also be passive-aggressive Phlegmatic phlegm < lungs • WATER “unemotional and stolidly calm”
- 6. The Four Humours- Elizabethan England impulsive and pleasure-seeking; sociable, charismatic and boisterous; self-assured and confident; talkative; sensitive, compassionate and thoughtful; occasionally sarcastic fond of social gatherings, but also seeks solitude very creative: “daydreamers”; struggles with completing tasks, especially when the activity becomes dull chronically late and forgetful Sanguine blood < liver • AIR “cheerfully optimistic”
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