Sometimes you really want to know more about a person, but there is no data other than appearance. And you ask yourself: what do these close-set eyes, thin lips, narrow and long nose mean? Oddly enough, but there is a whole science that allows you to reveal the character of an individual, relying solely on facial features.
Physiognomy - the history of occurrence
Like palmistry, this science arose a very, very long time ago. In those ancient times, it belonged to the occult directions. And the gypsies, sorcerers, magicians, priests, soothsayers and other charlatans and swindlers used it for their own purposes.
It was these people, who have the skills to influence the human psyche, that laid the foundation for the emergence of a unique direction in science that studies the difference in people's characters depending on facial features. Now engineering psychology gives specific and accurate answers, what personality traits are inherent in people who have close-set eyes, how brunettes differ from blondes, what temperament they most often haveindividuals with large, puffy mouths.
Distance between eyes
When drawing up a characterization of a person by his face, a psychological engineer pays attention to every line. How far apart the inner corners of the eyes are is a very important fact. If this distance is no more than the width of a finger, then it is considered that these are close-set eyes.
Similarly, if the distance between them is more than two fingers, then they will be set wide.
Close-set eyes a sign of lack of intelligence?
No matter how rude and blasphemous it may sound, but this is how many people think. Most physiognomists claim that close-set eyes speak of problems with the memory of their owner, his narrow outlook, inability to make his own decisions.
In addition, the same works indicate such not very pleasant character traits as vindictiveness, conservatism, pettiness of vital interests. And often such people have no hobbies or hobbies at all.
Murderers and maniacs with close and deep set eyes
Moreover, there is an opinion that deep and close-set eyes speak of the criminal inclinations of a person. And this can even be confirmed by historical facts. The face of the infamous serial maniac Andrei Chikatilo, like no one else, corresponds to these parameters. The same can be said about Edward Gein, a necrophile, a murderer who madeclothes from women's skin, and dishes from human skulls. A heavy impression is left by their deep and close-set eyes. Photos of maniacs practically did not survive - the people tried to erase any memory of these nonhumans.
33-year-old Andres Bering Breivik from Norway, who killed 77 people, also has close-set small eyes, which are also quite deep.
And, of course, Adolf Hitler, who unleashed the most terrible war in the history of mankind. The obsession with becoming the ruler of the whole world awakened a real monster in him.
The eyes of Adolf Hitler and his character
But not all of those few individuals mentioned above who did evil on Earth were noted to lack intelligence. Hitler, for example, could not have unleashed such a massacre, enslaved so many countries, if he had been absolutely not smart. And the artist Adolf cannot be called without hobbies.
And that's just a slightly different characteristic of people with a similar type of eyes. It emphasizes high concentration ability, emotional sensitivity and low tolerance. Well, the facts that the story of this man brought to us fully confirm this statement.
Presidents of great powers with deep and close-set eyes
The presidents of the United States and Russia are a vivid refutation of the statement about the lack of intelligence and hobbies in people with similareye type. And the words that such individuals can only be performers who are not able to make important decisions on their own are also untenable. Also questioned are the assumptions that the owners of small and closely spaced eyes usually see only small things, not being able to capture the situation completely - this is also not about presidents.
Vulnerable and withdrawn? Hiding from the outside world and trying not to show their feelings? Do they find it difficult to get along with people? All these statements are easy to refute, even if you superficially familiarize yourself with the biography, for example, of V. V. Putin. But the fact that he is a perfectionist, demanding and stubborn - yes, here the physiognomists do not lie a bit. Or maybe such accuracy in the characterization is due to the fact that it was compiled quite recently, so to speak, written off from a person who is all in sight?
Stereotype of determining character from external data
After reading the remarks of physiognomists, many people wonder: why are so many unpleasant features attributed to people with small, deep and close-set eyes? Perhaps because such faces have long been considered not very attractive? After all, it is much more pleasant to admire the appearance that corresponds to generally recognized canons: large eyes, a smooth forehead, a straight nose, a beautifully defined mouth. Looking at such a face, you involuntarily attribute to its owner or owner all the most positive qualities. Although a witch is often hidden under an angelic appearance - and this is not a secret. Yes andcosmetics, successfully applied, sometimes manage to hide this flaw.
Here is an example. How do writers traditionally describe a positive heroine? “Her huge, wide-open eyes looked at the world trustingly and affectionately.” And if the description contains the expression “This man had a face with close-set eyes under hanging eyebrows”, then it’s immediately clear that we are talking about some kind of not very kind person.
Meanwhile, the stereotype of associating appearance with character makes it very difficult for many people to live. For example, an actress with a naive doll face will never play serious and purposeful women. And the comedian Louis de Funes seems to everyone to be a kind of narrow-minded simpleton, funny and ridiculous. And, thanks to his appearance, everyone thinks that in real life he is like that. It is unlikely that an artist who plays a rapist and murderer in a film just because his facial features (according to the stereotype!) are suitable for this role has even a fraction of all the shortcomings of the individual whose character he portrays.
If you believe physiognomists, then all doubles are simply obliged to have the same character, temperament, talents. Why does one become famous, successful, and the second, with the same external data, does not even exist at all? And if this science is so accurate, then, perhaps, immediately at birth, “diagnose” the baby and, since its features indicate a criminal future, act immediately in order to protect humanity from harm? Doesn't this smack of the ideology of Adolf Hitler,who destroyed everyone whose skull shape did not meet the standard?
I would like to end the article with the same words with which it began. Only the past tense needs to be replaced by the present.
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