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  2. Humorism - Wikipedia

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    Empedocles's theory suggested that there are four elements: earth, fire, water, and air, with the earth producing the natural systems. Since this theory was influential for centuries, later scholars paired qualities associated with each humor as described by Hippocrates/Galen with seasons and "basic elements" as described by Empedocles .

  3. Four temperaments - Wikipedia

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    The four temperament theory is a proto-psychological theory which suggests that there are four fundamental personality types: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Most formulations include the possibility of mixtures among the types where an individual's personality types overlap and they share two or more temperaments.

  4. Classical element - Wikipedia

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    Empedocles also proved (at least to his own satisfaction) that air was a separate substance by observing that a bucket inverted in water did not become filled with water, a pocket of air remaining trapped inside. [10] Fire, earth, air, and water have become the most popular set of classical elements in modern interpretations.

  5. Personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    Personality disorder, unspecified (includes "character neurosis" and "pathological personality"). Mixed and other personality disorders (defined as conditions that are often troublesome but do not demonstrate the specific pattern of symptoms in the named disorders).

  6. Astrology and the classical elements - Wikipedia

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    Beginning with the first sign Aries which is a Fire sign, the next in line Taurus is Earth, then to Gemini which is Air, and finally to Cancer which is Water. This cycle continues on twice more and ends with the twelfth and final astrological sign , Pisces.

  7. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    A mental disorder that causes adults who receive a head injury to develop a brain tumor that causes them to act like infants, while still possessing the physical traits of an adult. However, the victim of this disorder must not receive any more blows to the head or the effect will become permanent. Head pigeons Invader Zim ("Dark Harvest")

  8. Five Pure Lights - Wikipedia

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    Matter includes the mahābhūta or classical elements, namely: space, air, water, fire, earth. The illusion of matter includes even the formless realms and the minds of sentient beings. For example, the beings of the formless realms are made of subtle matter. And the mind of a human is merely matter, specifically vayu (wind, air).

  9. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

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    Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It was established in 2009 and covers research in personality psychology. [1] The current editor-in-chief is Joshua D. Miller, PhD. [2]