It was also accepted by the artists themselves, even though they were a diverse group in style and temperament, unified primarily by their spirit of independence and rebellion.

Psychological mechanisms have also been implicated, such as cognitive ( e. g. reasoning ) biases, emotional influences, personality dynamics, temperament and coping style.

Cobb's legacy as an athlete has sometimes been overshadowed by his surly temperament and aggressive playing style, which was described by the Detroit Free Press as " daring to the point of dementia.

This includes cognitive or neurocognitive factors, such as the way a person perceives, thinks or feels about certain things ; or an individual's overall personality, temperament or coping style or the extent of protective factors or " positive illusions " such as optimism, personal control and a sense of meaning.

America's two greatest 19th-century poets could hardly have been more different in temperament and style.

The qualities which distinguish his work, his fluent style and light touch, his careless frivolity rather than poetic depth, show him to have been in literary temperament more akin to Ariosto and Voltaire than to the more spiritual and serious leaders of German poetry ; but these very qualities in Wieland's poetry introduced a balancing element into German classical literature and added materially to its fullness and completeness.

Being bulkier of build than his sleeker opponents, and slower of movement, Hack ’ s style and temperament were not geared as much to the newly popular catch-as-catch-can style.

Sir James Thornhill's paintings were executed in the Baroque style of the European Continent and William Hogarth reflected the new English middle-class temperament — English in habits, disposition, and temperament, as well as by birth.

LaLonde was a top ranked boxer, and Lalonde went 8-0 with Atlas as his trainer, but they clashed in temperament and style.

His liturgical music is polyphonic in the Palestrina style, but this technique conflicted with Tinel's lyrical and mystical temperament, and he had much greater success in his two concert settings of the Te Deum, the oratorio and the religious dramas.

Elements of the vocal style, such as the use of vibratos and bent tones, are common Vietnamese techniques, while Western meter, rhythms, tonal harmony, temperament and song form ( ABA ) are also used.

It is rare for a horse to perform both as a hunter and as a jumper as temperament and style of movement are markedly different.

Each time Letch `` went up '' in his `` lines '', I was the one to be patient, helpful and apologetic while he indulged in outbursts of temperament, profanity and abuse, blaming others, going into `` sulks '' and, on more occasions than I care to count, storming off the `` set '' for the rest of the day.

Garrison, Massachusetts born of Nova Scotian parentage, was by temperament and conviction a reformer.

Yet he was able to work alongside the other artists on equal terms due to his youthful temperament and creativity.

Of a high-strung and nervous temperament, Brewster was somewhat irritable in matters of controversy ; but he was repeatedly subjected to serious provocation.

Beatty was an intelligent and able leader, but all his social and sporting obligations, coupled with his high-strung temperament, prevented him from becoming a coldly calculating professional like Jellicoe – or his adversary, Hipper.

The spirit of the institution was semi-monastic and, while the education given was excellent in its way, it is doubtful whether there was enough social life and contact with the world for a pupil of Fichte's temperament and antecedents.

His temperament was uniformly cheerful and he was easily amused.

Rather different in temperament, Amine Gemayel was widely regarded as lacking the charisma and decisiveness of his brother, and many of the latter's followers were dissatisfied.

According to Livy, the younger of the two daughters of Servius Tullius was of fiercer temperament than her sister, yet she originally married Aruns, who had a milder disposition than his elder brother.

It is argued that one was to be born and rise within the dispensation of Muhammad, who by virtue of his similarity and affinity with Jesus, and the similarity in nature, temperament and disposition of the people of Jesus ' time and the people of the time of the promised one ( the Mahdi ) is called by the same name.

*" Among the Mundugumor, the opposite was true: both men and women were warlike in temperament.

He had a pitch-perfect ear for the Canadian temperament and mentality, and was a master of timing.

William seems to have been a flamboyant character, and his reign was marked by his bellicose temperament.

" Nevertheless, Gadamer noted that Heidegger was no patient collaborator with Husserl, and that Heidegger's " rash ascent to the top, the incomparable fascination he aroused, and his stormy temperament surely must have made Husserl, the patient one, as suspicious of Heidegger as he always had been of Max Scheler's volcanic fire.

His temperament was warlike, and he disregarded religious rites and piety.

Although the two brothers differed in temperament — Jacob was introspective and Wilhelm outgoing ( although he often suffered from ill-health )— they shared a strong work ethic and excelled in their studies.

In musical tuning, Jing Fang ( 78 – 37 BCE ) realized that 53 perfect fifths was approximate to 31 octaves while creating a musical scale of 60 tones, calculating the difference at < sup > 177147 </ sup >⁄< sub > 176776 </ sub > ( the same value of 53 equal temperament discovered by the German mathematician Nicholas Mercator, i. e. 3 < sup > 53 </ sup >/ 2 < sup > 84 </ sup >).

However, the relationship between the Forsters and Cook and his officers was often problematic, due to the elder Forster's fractious temperament as well as Cook's refusal to allow more time for botanizing and other scientific observation.

An " S ", by contrast, is assumed to be guided more by the judgment / perception axis, and thus divided into the " SJ " ( guardian, traditionalist ) or " SP " ( performer, artisan ) temperament.

Her temperament was more suited to personally directing the education of her children.

Nothing was more alien to his mental temperament than the spinning of hypotheses.

Étienne had a much more even and businesslike temperament.

One of the more well-known stories about Sun Tzu, taken from Shiji, illustrates Sun Tzu's temperament as follows: Before hiring Sun Tzu, the King of Wu tested Sun Tzu's skills by commanding him to train a harem of 180 concubines into soldiers.

Although of a more introspective and brooding temperament than his predecessor Junipero Serra, Lasuén was single-minded and a capable administrator, founding the remaining California missions.

Moe's temperament is characterized by a short, violent temper, coupled with homicidal and suicidal tendencies ( the latter of which has become more apparent in later episodes of the show ).

Some theorists have sought to define " well temperament " more narrowly to exclude fifths wider than pure, which rules out many such schemes.

He commented that she did not possess " any remarkable talent, but her playing is thoughtful, quiet, detailed, and well sustained, and since it is founded, as some more talented playing is not, in an unusually healthful-seeming and likable temperament, it is an undivided pleasure to see.

He hypothesized that temperament diminishes in importance as the personality becomes more developed after puberty ; that a person's temperament may change, especially in the pre-puberty years ; and that temperament is not exclusive: people may combine aspects of several or even, in unusual cases, all of them.

For each temperament Steiner described less and more mature forms: the introspective and sensitive melancholic may be sullen and self-absorbed but can also become a sympathetic helper or a deep thinker.

" It is difficult to find two figures in history more greatly contrasted in temperament than Fox and George: the former a notorious gambler and rake ; the latter famous for his virtues of frugality and family.

Only a few more settings were completed in 1891 before Wolf's mental and physical health once again took a downturn at the end of the year ; exhaustion from his prolific past few years combined with the effects of syphilis and his depressive temperament caused him to stop composing for the next several years.

He is best known by his lieder, his temperament and inclination leading him to more intimate, subjective and terse musical utterances.

This is not to be confused with aggression ; a Ridgeback of proper temperament will be more inclined to ignore, rather than challenge, a stranger.

The extreme sensitiveness of his temperament, however, disqualified him for politics ; he proved impracticable in his relations with Hardenberg and other ministers, and in 1810 retired for a time from public life, accepting the more congenial appointment of royal historiographer and professor at the university of Berlin.

The character's temperament has notably changed over the years ; originally depicted as more awkward and oblivious but otherwise normal, after a time his more " stupid " characteristics became far more exaggerated though this has been mitigated somewhat as of late in favor of plain weirdness that shows in quotes such as " The doctor says that my nose would stop bleeding if I just kept my finger out of there " and " I'm lernding " and strange outbursts like " Hi liar ".