Passions and Tempers by Noga Arikha, Noga Arikha
Passions and Tempers

Noga Arikha, Noga Arikha

Passions and Tempers

Noga Arikha, Noga Arikha

402 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction history challenging informative slow-paced

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The humours--blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler--were substances thought to circulate within the body and determine a person's health, mood, and character. For example, an excess of black bile was considered a cause of melancholy. The theory of...

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