GRGR(6) Discussion Opener

Josiah Slack jslack at spyglass.com
Thu Dec 5 15:26:51 CST 1996


>8) What is "Hippocratic temperament"?
>
It's always struck me as intriguing that Hippocratic temperament was used in
classifying the dogs, since, as far as I know, it had fallen out of fashion
by the early 19th century.  Is it a dig at the Pavlovians - that they're
using a scheme that's as dead as phlogiston theory?

-js
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Josiah Slack
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