Designation of Human Types

The fourth volume of the Abhidhammapitaka, although it appears to be the earliest of the Abhidhamma texts and contains many statements about the "person" (puggala) found elsewhere in the Sutta-Pitaka. Different types of individuals are classified according to a manner of enumeration. Each chapter is set in order by the number of divisions for each type of classification. For example, chapter 1 is titled Division of Human Types by One and gives 50 types of persons designated with particular quality or characteristic with only one division or specification for each type: What sort of person is one of perturbable nature? What sort of person is restrained by fear? What sort of person is an eye-witness? Each chapter increases the number of specifications by one additional division for each type of human being. Chapter 2 is titled Division of Human Types by Two and gives 27 types of persons each with two divisions: What sort of person is angry? ...is a slanderer? What sort of person is crafty? ...is deceitful? Which two persons are easily satisfied? Chapter 3 is titled Division of Human Types by Three and gives 17 types of ....