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In ancient Greece, Hippocrates introduced the theory of four temperaments linking personality to health, which was based on a balance of four bodily fluids or "humors" - black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood. Galen later expanded on this, describing four personality types - sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic - based on which humors were dominant. The four humors theory then became a prevalent medical theory for over a millennium, with practitioners using it to explain illnesses and treat p
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- Abuzar Ansari
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- EN