Edward Potter
Biographic Data
| ID | 9516150 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Potter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Potter |
| SIGNATURE | POTTER E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Mein Blut wird heiß, mein Zorn drängt sich hervor”
In humoral medicine, the humors—blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile—exist in equilibrium in healthy individuals. Temperaments arise when one humor predominates. Friedrich Maximilian Klinger’s tragedy Die Zwillinge (1776) portrays its protagonist as suffering from an uncontrolled choleric temperament, a sickness that erupts into brutal violence. Lavater’s theories of physiognomics play a role, too, as characters exhibit a scientific gaze focusi…
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“Mein Blut wird heiß, mein Zorn drängt sich hervor”
In humoral medicine, the humors—blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile—exist in equilibrium in healthy individuals. Temperaments arise when one humor predominates. Friedrich Maximilian Klinger’s tragedy Die Zwillinge (1776) portrays its protagonist as suffering from an uncontrolled choleric temperament, a sickness that erupts into brutal violence. Lavater’s theories of physiognomics play a role, too, as characters exhibit a scientific gaze focusi…
Art (1 work) · Franz Kafka Literary Studies (1 work) · German Literature and Culture Studies (1 work) · Narrative Theory and Analysis (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Theology (1 work)