Talk:Five temperaments

Continuing a discussion from the page Talk:Supine (temperament), as the original page author has suggested deleting Supine (temperament):


 * A promising article. Needs edits to cite sources and maintain NPOV. Chonak 05:15, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Correlations with Other Type Theories
I wanted to add this table of comparisons of the systems the article discussed, but I can't get it to fit any further. I'm wondering if it is worthy enough to make a template of it, to match the one done for Template:Temperament2. This highlights that fact that there are two "strains" of temperament theory prevalent today. Those based on the humor concept, (in which a normally peaceful person "becomes" that temperament under stress or illness) and embodied in David Keirsey's system (which he measures with the "Abstract/Concrete" and "Cooperative/Pragmatic" scales), and those who measure temperament by introversion/extroversion, and people/task orientation, as the Five Temperament system does. The template seems to highlight the one system, and this table is for the other system.

Eric B 18:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Suggested Merge
This page is mostly a rehash of The Four Temperaments, albeit a better written one. I think merging in the former would make the latter better since we could use the elaboration on the four temperaments (which is most of this current article on "the five temperaments") to buff up the article about four, making the new stuff about the fifth temperament in a separate paragraph or section at the end since it is a minor spinoff largely based on a previous thought. It just seems pointless for The Five Temperaments to have its own article, especially since most of the information is rehash which belongs elsewhere and there is little new to add.

I think a merge would be best for one overarching article, creating one -- The Four Temperaments -- with a section at the end about LaHaye's spinoff Fifth Temperament, supine. This being said, there are some complaints about The Four Temperaments article, namely writing complaints, and I think this page says a lot of its content better, and would probably be the one to draw from the most if there is a merge.Penguinwithin (talk) 18:42, 23 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Uh, that article is about ballet. I'm sure you meant Four Temperaments rather than The Four Temperaments. Yworo (talk) 05:11, 24 May 2010 (UTC)


 * How about no, four temperaments is an old and largely obsolete profiling system which CLASHES with the five temperaments model. Sounds like a recipe for confusion if you ask me, is it not logical to avoid merging... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.216.120.200 (talk) 18:10, 20 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Actually, you have to refer to the Four Temperaments to get definitions of four original temperaments, and then EVERYTHING related to defining the fifth temperament in this article is a horrid hodgepodge and wet mess. In the sense that you have to refer back to the Four Temperament article, I think they should be merged together, and the new definitions of Phlegmatic and Supine need to be made CLEAR. As is, this article is in no way "well written." 67.79.195.131 (talk) 20:56, 6 April 2015 (UTC)