The 4 Human Temperaments

Jens Petersen (juhp)

FossAsia Summit 2018
https://petersen.fedorapeople.org/talks/fossasia-2018
petersen@redhat.com

Classical temperaments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_temperaments

Lecture in Berlin, 1909 (Rudolf Steiner Archive)

Personality
Types

Psychological
Factors

Active Passive

Extrovert Introvert

Task
oriented
People
oriented

Active/
extrovert
Passive/
introvert
Task People

Temperaments

Temperament

≈ [Active|Passive] × [Task|People]

What Temperaments?

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Temperaments

Choleric Sanguine Melancholic Phlegmatic

Choleric Sanguine Melancholic Phlegmatic Extrovert Introvert Task-oriented People-oriented

Characteristics

Purposeful Lively Despondent Well-being

Choleric Sanguine Melancholic Phlegmatic Externally
active
Internally
active

Hot
blooded
Fluttering
attention
Rich
inner life
Not easily
stimulated

“The 4 temperaments hit a wall”

Choleric kicks down
the stone and laughs
Sanguine jumps lightly
over the stones
Melancholic sits down
and cries
Phlegmatic takes
a detour around

DiSC Profile
Personality Types

DiSC

Dominant Interpersonal Conscientious Steady

Fundamental
question

What? Who? Why? How?

Back to Temperaments…

Classical Elements

Fire Air Earth Water

Dominant 4-body

Ego Astral Physical Life force

Polarities of attraction

Sanguine Melancholic

Choleric Phlegmatic

Temperaments in everyday

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_temperaments