Talk:Four humours

message: The assignment of the classical elements is not what I expected, namely fire:blood, earth:melanchole, water:choler, air:phlegm.  —Tamfang 00:56, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  the parallels 

message: The usual current term for the foods that we still talk about in this way (e.g. spices) is hot, not warm. I was surprised to see warm used in this article -- would hot be a better choice? Andrew Dalby 18:56, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Food classification 

message: "Four humours" is really not a proper subject for an article. The proper term for the theory, according to OED, is Humorism/Humoralism; so, I've suggested merging this into Humorism. See the talk page there for more comments about merging. --BRIAN0918 14:38, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge to Humourism

message: right|thumb|150px|Simple emoticons of the four temperaments (clockwise from top right: Choleric, melancholic, sanguine, phlegmatic).
When the article Four temperaments was merged into this one, the following image was left out. If the article had been significantly improved in the merging process, I'd absolutely respect the decision of the editor(s) carrying out this work, but I do not think that is the case, and I therefore would like to recommend the image again. I do not know who first had the simple idea behind the image; it was not me, though I created this particular graphics file. I will not add it myself, as it could be considered original research. The eyes may be interpreted as an indication of a high/low energy level, and the mouth of a positive/negative tone.
I liked it so much I made an SVG version:
But it doesn't render properly from wikipedia (it does render properly with the firefox svg renderer, just not (librsvg?) the server side one).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaded-view (talk • contribs) 00:05, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A figure left out in the merge from [[Four temperaments]] 

message: The following section has recently been added and removed:
:==Renaissance Adaptations==
:Though the four humors were indeed a pagan belief borrowed from the Greeks, in Renaissance times these four humors were adapted for Christian use are said represent the four natures of God. As man is an imperfect reflection of Gods image we as mankind have these four traits. The goal is keep them in perfect balance as God does. This perfect balance is known as eukrasia or the state of harmonious balance. This state has also been known as the “quinta essentia” or the fifth state witch belongs only to God. Its is an emotional and character quality that all good Christian men should strive for but no man can ever truly and completely attain.   
:-section added by Edward Youn (ASU) 
Perhaps, with some editing towards WP:NPOV etc., it may be a valuable addition.--Niels Ø 12:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaissance Adaptations 

message: black bile is choleric and yellow bile is melancholic. I dont have the time curently to change them all so I thought I would post here for some help —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.72.109.237 (talk) 02:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: could you please cite your sources on that? everything I have from textbooks, various websites, etc. says that black bile is melancholic and yellow is phlegmatic.  It also makes sense: phlegm is yellow. -- Log'a'log 04:58, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Melan" is a greek word for "black", and "cholera" is bile. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Melancholy So right there, "melan choler" is black bile. Eric B 17:43, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  yellow and black bile are switched on a number of pages