THE FOUR HUMOURS

1. THE FOUR HUMOURS

2. On your sheet, label the following: Column A = Sanguine Column B = Choleric Column C = Phlegmatic Column D = Melancholy Find the column with the highest total… that’s your humour!

3. the human body is filled with four basic substances, called Four humours, which are held in balance when a person is healthy. • These four humors were black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood. • Greeks and Romans, and the Western civilizations that adopted Classical philosophy, believed that each of these humors would wax and wane in the body, depending on diet and activity. • When a person had a surplus or imbalance of one fluid, then that person's personality, and eventually health, would be affected. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_humours

4. Each humour was associated with an organ; when a person had a surplus of that humour, the organ associated with it would have problems. Each humour was also associated with a complexion and body type.

7. STRENGTHS Warm outgoing talkative carefree emotional WEAKNESSES Unpredictable restless spontaneous anger undisciplined PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Friendly responsive compassionate undependable obnoxious loud weak-willed OCCUPATIONS Sales speaker actor medical athlete airlines WORK ACTIVITIES Enthusiastic generous good starter creative inspires charms disorganized talks but should work poor finisher easily distracted decides by feeling

8. CHOLERIC

10. STRENGTHS Confident strong willed optimistic self-sufficient WEAKNESSES Anger revenge opinionated insensitive unemotional PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Strong leader good judge of people motivator exhorter decisive not easily discouraged stimulates activity unsympathetic sarcastic cruel domineering inconsiderate impatient unforgiving OCCUPATIONS Strong leader professional teacher crusader sales military athlete WORK ACTIVITIES Organizer sees practical solutions goal-oriented delegates work manipulates bored with details demanding intolerant of errors

11. PHLEGMATIC

13. STRENGTHS calm relaxed easy going patient kind peace-loving WEAKNESSES Unenthusiastic worrier fearful pessimistic compromising PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Likeable dry, witty humor good listener faithful friend stingy selfish stubborn indifferent OCCUPATIONS Accountant diplomats administrators engineers WORK ACTIVITIES Good under pressure practical conservative steady unmotivated resists change indecisive reluctant leader

14. Melancholic

16. STRENGTHS Gifted genius prone analytical sensitive deep & thoughtful WEAKNESSES Moody depressive pessimistic negative too introspective hypochondria PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Self-disciplined dependable loyal self-sacrificing faithful friend critical unsocial needs approval sulks over disagreements OCCUPATIONS Arts sciences math WORK ACTIVITIES Perfectionist conscientious likes detail work finds creative solutions theoretical impractical tires easily indecisive

17. The Seven Deadly Sins

18. First described by Pope Gregory the Great in the 6th century Became popular in 14th century European art Why “deadly”? Church distinguished between Deadly Sins (aka Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins) and “venial” sins (less severe, could be forgiven through a sacrament of the Church)

19. The Sins • Lust • Gluttony • Greed • Sloth • Wrath • Envy • Pride

20. The Virtues The Roman Catholic Church also recognizes seven holy virtues that correspond to each of the Seven Deadly Sins.

21. SIN Lust Gluttony Greed Sloth Wrath Envy Pride VIRTUE Chastity Temperance Charity Diligence Forgiveness Kindness Humility