Temperament-Based Stoic Training Theory

Temperament-Based Stoic Training Theory Template

## Framework Overview

**Core Premise:** Each temperament type* carries specific false value judgments that generate their characteristic emotional disturbances. Training must target the particular illusions each type mistakes for genuine goods or evils.

*Correlates Oldham personality styles with Keirsey temperament types. 

**Result:** Each type achieves Eudaimonia by transforming their characteristic patterns from external dependencies into virtue-based expressions, maintaining their natural strengths while eliminating emotional disturbance through correct judgment.

## Structural Organization

### **Four Temperament Quadrants:**

1. **SCHIZOTHYMIC-HYPERESTHETIC** (4 types)

2. **SCHIZOTHYMIC-ANESTHETIC** (4 types) 

3. **CYCLOTHYMIC-DEPRESSIVE** (4 types)

4. **CYCLOTHYMIC-HYPOMANIC** (4 types)

### **Oldham's 14 Personality Types Used:**

- Conscientious, Sensitive, Vigilant, Dramatic

- Aggressive, Idiosyncratic, Inventive, Solitary  

- Leisurely, Serious, Self-Sacrificing, Devoted

- Self-Confident, Adventurous, Mercurial, Exuberant

## Training Protocol Structure

**For Each Type:**

- **False Judgment:** [Specific external misvalued as genuine good/evil]

- **Training:** [Method to distinguish virtue from attachment to externals]

- **Exercise:** [Practical application maintaining virtue while treating external as indifferent]

**Universal Training Formula:**

1. **Identify** the specific external your type treats as genuinely good/evil

2. **Examine** how this false judgment creates emotional disturbance

3. **Reframe** through virtue: "What does wisdom/justice/courage/temperance require here?"

4. **Practice** virtuous action while treating the external as indifferent

5. **Cultivate** joy in virtue itself, using your type's strengths as expressions of excellence rather than dependencies

## Key Principles

- **Ideal Type System:** Uses correlative thinking, not empirical validation

- **Stoic Foundation:** Based on distinguishing virtue from externals per classical Stoicism

- **Practical Application:** Each type gets targeted training for their characteristic false value judgments

- **Universal Goal:** All types aim for same Eudaimonia through virtue, different starting points

- **Non-Pathologizing:** Treats personality patterns as training opportunities, not disorders

## Usage Notes

- Use Oldham terminology without referencing underlying personality disorders

- Kretschmer/Keirsey correlations for identification only, not theory construction

- Focus on false value judgments as root of emotional disturbance

- Maintain Stoic logical structure: emotions arise from false judgments about externals

- Emphasize virtue as only genuine good, vice as only genuine evil

Temperament-Based Stoic Training Theory

## Type-Specific False Value Judgments & Training Protocols

**Core Premise:** Each temperament type* carries specific false value judgments that generate their characteristic emotional disturbances. Training must target the particular illusions each type mistakes for genuine goods or evils.

*Correlates Oldham personality styles with Keirsey temperament types. [For identification only not construction]

### **SCHIZOTHYMIC-HYPERESTHETIC TYPES**

*Core False Judgment: External validation/perfection has intrinsic value*

**Conscientious:**

- **False Judgment:** "Perfection in externals equals virtue"

- **Training:** Distinguish virtue of diligence from attachment to flawless outcomes

- **Exercise:** Complete tasks excellently while accepting imperfect results as indifferent

**Sensitive:**

- **False Judgment:** "Others' rejection causes genuine harm"

- **Training:** Separate virtue of prudence from fear-based withdrawal

- **Exercise:** Engage socially while viewing acceptance/rejection as externals

**Vigilant:**

- **False Judgment:** "Others' intentions determine my safety"

- **Training:** Practice reasonable caution without emotional dependency on trust

- **Exercise:** Interact openly while maintaining vigilance as virtue, not anxiety

**Dramatic:**

- **False Judgment:** "Attention from others validates existence"

- **Training:** Express authentically as virtue independent of audience response

- **Exercise:** Perform/communicate with equal composure whether noticed or ignored

### **SCHIZOTHYMIC-ANESTHETIC TYPES**

*Core False Judgment: Detachment/control over externals protects virtue*

**Aggressive:**

- **False Judgment:** "Others' submission proves my strength"

- **Training:** Channel assertiveness toward virtue, not domination

- **Exercise:** Exercise power justly while releasing attachment to others' compliance

**Idiosyncratic:**

- **False Judgment:** "Conventional reality threatens authenticity"

- **Training:** Engage uniquely as virtue while viewing social norms as indifferent

- **Exercise:** Interact conventionally when virtuous, unconventionally when virtuous

**Inventive:**

- **False Judgment:** "Superior recognition repairs inner deficiency"

- **Training:** Pursue excellence as virtue independent of comparative status

- **Exercise:** Achieve highly while viewing praise/criticism as equally indifferent

**Solitary:**

- **False Judgment:** "Emotional distance prevents contamination"

- **Training:** Engage warmly as virtue while maintaining inner independence

- **Exercise:** Connect intimately without attachment to others' responses

### **CYCLOTHYMIC-DEPRESSIVE TYPES**

*Core False Judgment: Obligation to externals creates genuine duty*

**Leisurely:**

- **False Judgment:** "Indirect resistance preserves autonomy"

- **Training:** Assert boundaries directly as virtue, accept others' authority as indifferent

- **Exercise:** Comply or refuse openly, releasing resentment as false judgment

**Serious:**

- **False Judgment:** "Suffering validates moral worth"

- **Training:** Pursue joy as virtue, view hardship as training opportunity

- **Exercise:** Accept both pleasure and pain as indifferent while maintaining virtue

**Self-Sacrificing:**

- **False Judgment:** "Self-sacrifice proves love/worth"

- **Training:** Serve others through virtue while maintaining self-care as duty

- **Exercise:** Help without self-harm, viewing martyrdom as vice, not virtue

**Devoted:**

- **False Judgment:** "Others' guidance ensures security"

- **Training:** Seek counsel as virtue while accepting final responsibility for choices

- **Exercise:** Make decisions independently while remaining open to advice

### **CYCLOTHYMIC-HYPOMANIC TYPES**

*Core False Judgment: External stimulation/validation provides genuine fulfillment*

**Self-Confident:**

- **False Judgment:** "Admiration confirms inherent superiority"

- **Training:** Excel as virtue independent of recognition or status

- **Exercise:** Perform at highest level while treating acclaim as indifferent

**Adventurous:**

- **False Judgment:** "Rules constrain authentic power"

- **Training:** Channel strength through justice, view laws as training in virtue

- **Exercise:** Follow social contracts while maintaining inner freedom

**Mercurial:**

- **False Judgment:** "Others' consistency determines emotional stability"

- **Training:** Maintain steady virtue regardless of external relationship changes

- **Exercise:** Love consistently while accepting others' freedom to leave/stay

**Exuberant:**

- **False Judgment:** "Mood states reflect reality's value"

- **Training:** Maintain virtue equally in high and low emotional states

- **Exercise:** Act virtuously whether feeling euphoric, depressed, or neutral

## Universal Training Formula

**For All Types:**

1. **Identify** the specific external your type treats as genuinely good/evil

2. **Examine** how this false judgment creates emotional disturbance

3. **Reframe** through virtue: "What does wisdom/justice/courage/temperance require here?"

4. **Practice** virtuous action while treating the external as indifferent

5. **Cultivate** joy in virtue itself, using your type's strengths as expressions of excellence rather than dependencies

**Result:** Each type achieves Eudaimonia by transforming their characteristic patterns from external dependencies into virtue-based expressions, maintaining their natural strengths while eliminating emotional disturbance through correct judgment.