The Reconciliation Of All Earthly Things
All earthly things come in fours. Here are all those fours lined up into families of being.
| Melancholic | Phlegmatic | Choleric | Sanguine |
| St. John’s Gospel | St. Matthew’s Gospel | St. Mark’s Gospel | St. Luke’s Gospel |
| Eagle | Angel | Lion | Ox |
| Sorprano | Tenor | Bass | Alto |
| East | West | South | North |
| Earth | Water | Fire | Air |
| Winter | Autumn | Summer | Spring |
| Bitter | Sweet | Sour | Savory |
| Black bile | Phlegm | Yellow bile | Blood |
| Wisdom | Temperance | Justice | Courage |
| Material cause | Formal cause | Efficient cause | Final cause |
| Anagogical sense of Scripture | Literal sense of Scripture | Moral sense of Scripture | Typological sense of Scripture |
| 6pm to Midnight | Noon to 6pm | Midnight to 6am | 6am to Noon |
| Lennon | McCartney | George Harrison | Ringo |
| Substraction | Addition | Division | Multiplication |
| Brass instruments | String instruments | Percussion instruments | Woodwind instruments |
| Donatello | Leonardo | Raphael | Michelangelo |
| Grief | Desire | Fear | Delight |
Joshua Gibbs
Joshua Gibbs is the director of The Classical Teaching Institute at The Ambrose School. He is the author of Something They Will Not Forget and Love What Lasts. He is the creator of Proverbial and the host of In the Trenches, a podcast for teachers. In addition to lecturing and consulting, he also teaches classic literature through GibbsClassical.com.
