Physiognomy personality. Physiognomy is also sometimes referred to as anthroposcopy, though the expression was more common in the 19th century when the word originated. Notions of the relationship between an individual's outward appearance and inner character are historically ancient, and occasionally appear in early Greek poetry. Siddhars from ancient India are also known to have defined "samudrika lakshanam" that identifies personal characteristics with body features. Chinese physiognomy or face reading ("mianxiang") reaches back at least to the Northern Song period. The first indications of a developed physiognomic theory appear in fifth century BC Athens, with the works of Zopyrus (who was
From Language to Language From Language to Language From Language to Language (Hebrew: משפה לשפה, tr. "MiSafa LeSafa") is a 55-minute 2004 Belgian-French-German-Israeli Hebrew-language independent underground experimental documentary art film directed by Nurith Aviv. The film, produced by and the Dardenne brothers, was released on DVD by as part of a boxset also including 2008’s "Langue sacrée, langue parlée" and 2011’s "Traduire", with which they form a trilogy. It contains interviews with Israeli artists and writers such as Aharon Appelfeld, Evgenia Dodina, Salman Masalha, Agi Mishol, Amal Murkus, Prof. Dr. , Haïm Ulliel, and Meir Wieseltier who write in Hebrew even though it is