The two streams in the human being combine to produce what is commonly known as a person's temperament Our inner self & our inherited traits co-mingle in it Temperament is an intermediary between what connects us to an ancestral line & what we bring with us Temperament strikes a balance between the eternal & the ephemeral From personal spiritual insight Rudolf Steiner renews & broadens the ancient teaching of the four temperaments He explains how each person's combination of temperaments
- with one usually uppermost
- is shaped Steiner gives lively descriptions of the passive comfort-seeking phlegmatic the fickle flitting sanguine the pained gloomy melancholic & the fiery assertive choleric He also offers practical suggestions aimed at teachers & parents for addressing the various manifestations of the temperaments in children as well as advice intended for adults' personal development Also available as an Audio Book