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Four Temperaments
four temperaments
also: humoral temperaments, sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic
The ancient Greek medical doctrine (Hippocrates, Galen) that character and health are governed by four bodily humors, each producing a distinct temperament; still taught as pop-science fact in Chekhov's day, which the sketch parodies wholesale.
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- Temperaments (According to the Latest Findings of Science) §1 According to the latest findings of science
The piece parodies the ancient doctrine of the four humoral temperaments (sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic), long taught as settled physiological fact in popular and pseudo-medical writing of Chekhov's day.
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