Talk:Four temperaments/Archive 0

message: The last two masks should NOT be reversed. The third one is Phlegmatic, and the last one is Sanguine. The last one is clearly a happy, bright eyed face, corresponding to Niels' `´) emoticon, which is Sanguine. (And of course, the first mask is an angry face, and of course is Choleric; the second one is an uptight looking face that would be Melancholy).
The smiling but shy eyed ´`) emoticon is supposed to be Phlegmatic. The third carved mask is neither a smile nor a frown, (the twisted, bug-eyed look strikes me as resembling Rodney Dangerfield), and represents a more "indifferent" look. Basically; I guess ´`) is supposed to correspond to that. However, the --| emoticon I added for the five temperament article  represents an "indifferent" look. Eric B 18:21, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: To answer the original question

message: Chlor is a poor abbreviation for choler; is it a mere lapse?  —Tamfang 00:48, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I basically copied that from Tim LaHaye. He probably contracted it like that to make it a nicer combining form. (to keep it one syllable like the others, and it is better than "chol") Eric B 03:15, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  spelling 

message: I am concerned that this article has unintentionally distorted the theory by making it sound like one temperament is seen as being better than another.  Each temperament has both positives and negatives as is put forth in the link I added and the second link I am about to add, Temperaments in a Nutshell.  I would like to invite others to help balance the article itself and I will make time to come back and edit as well.  Any feedback? --—Preceding unsigned comment added by Wonderactivist (talk • contribs) 
:Looks great. You did a nice job of concisely explaining the positive and negative aspects of each of the personality types. -TangentIdea 04:33, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Positives and Negatives 

message: The image from Johann Kaspar Lavater's work regards the Four temperaments contained this image, which is much more detailed and comprehensive than the current image of the Four temperament faces carved into stone. Lavater's image is in the public domain. To my mind, it better illustrates the extremes of all four temperaments than the current image. Thus, could we replace the current image with Lavater's? Note that it would be downsized appropriately, conforming with this article's overall construct. If fellow editors would kindly view the Lavater image, and then reply here with their views, then we may see whether or not Lavater's illustration can replace our current image. Thanks. -- D-Katana 20:50, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I like it! Go ahead.--Niels Ø 08:07, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry, but though the new picture looks nice, the masks were still better. The choleric looked like a choleric. Here, he looks almost as neutral as the Phlegmatic. And the sanguine also has a slight smile that does not really fit his character. That would be more like a San-Phleg or something. They should at least keep the masks up somewhere.Eric B 03:21, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We're all different - I think the new images illustrate the four classical temparaments much more clearly than the old one did.--Niels Ø 17:11, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Candidate for replacement image 

message: Iw is wrong. Czech equivalent article is :cs:Čtyři povahy. I don't know how should I deal with the other (Phlegmatic). Could you PLS fix it somehow? Thanks. Petr K 16:05, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interwiki