graphology
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:09 pmHistory of the graphology:
In 1875, the French Abbot, Jean Hyppolyte Michon, coined the phrase "Graphology", from the Greek: "Graph" meaning, 'To write' or 'I write', and "Logos" meaning 'doctrine' or 'theory'. Although the term 'graphology' is relatively recent, however, the subject itself dates back many centuries, having originally (as far as we can tell) been taken from Southern India to China and from there to Greece, circa 2,000 BC. Coming closer to present day, relatively speaking, Aristotle wrote: "Just as all men do not have the same speech sounds, neither do they all have the same writing", and Confuscius is recorded as having observed, "Handwriting can infallibly show whether it comes from a person who is noble-minded or from one who is vulgar". But it is not until 1622 that the study of handwriting was put into print, by the Italian Camillo Baldi, "How to recognize from a letter the nature and quality of a writer". This was little more than a collection of random observations though, and remained virtually unnoticed.
In 1875, the French Abbot, Jean Hyppolyte Michon, coined the phrase "Graphology", from the Greek: "Graph" meaning, 'To write' or 'I write', and "Logos" meaning 'doctrine' or 'theory'. Although the term 'graphology' is relatively recent, however, the subject itself dates back many centuries, having originally (as far as we can tell) been taken from Southern India to China and from there to Greece, circa 2,000 BC. Coming closer to present day, relatively speaking, Aristotle wrote: "Just as all men do not have the same speech sounds, neither do they all have the same writing", and Confuscius is recorded as having observed, "Handwriting can infallibly show whether it comes from a person who is noble-minded or from one who is vulgar". But it is not until 1622 that the study of handwriting was put into print, by the Italian Camillo Baldi, "How to recognize from a letter the nature and quality of a writer". This was little more than a collection of random observations though, and remained virtually unnoticed.