In order to discuss Socrates‘ type, there are two things for us to mention before we can start: (1) Socrates never wrote anything himself. Thus, what we do have on him, we have from three sources: Aristophanes, Plato and Xenophon. The puzzle of piecing together a picture of the “true Socrates” from these sources is[…] Continue Reading
Category: Psychology
– By a friend of the CT admins – I’ve always been a staunch proponent of evidence-based knowledge and as such it is ironic that psychology has become one of my passions, as the discipline is a veritable minefield of flimsy “discoveries”. The essence of psychology is unscientific speculation which one then seeks to “prove”[…] Continue Reading
Do you put more stock in facts than in flighty theory and philosophy? Do you prefer to do something every day? Are you results-oriented? Then you are probably Sensing. Or would you rather ignore immediate events in favor of discussing ideas and abstract concepts? Do you find the sports channel boring? Do you have a[…] Continue Reading
A dialogue between Ryan (admin) and Aleksey (author of ‘Principles of Typology’): Aleksey: Marx – When he did not hold a job and was supported by Engels led a very non-structured lifestyle and showed few if any tendencies towards an attempt to establish a clear-cut organized schedule. I’d say INTP, not INTJ. Ryan: I think[…] Continue Reading
In this post we are going to flesh out the difference between the directional Jungian Functions (i.e. ‘Extroverted Sensing’ vs. ‘Introverted Sensing’). Below you will find some defining words about each of the eight functions. Intuition Ne vs. Ni Springy vs. Dogged Cognizant vs. Visionary Including vs. Excluding Observing vs. Envisioning Chromatic vs. Wraith-like Ever-inquisitive[…] Continue Reading
Of course it is true that type alone does not in itself determine if two people make a good match. Far from it. The systems detailed here are the ones that have been observed and postulated by professionals in the field. I have heard some people say that they don’t think of Jungian typology as[…] Continue Reading
We admit this one is tricky. We understand that many of you believe that Obama is an NF type, but nonetheless we believe that he is an ENTP (and thus, contrary to popular opinion, not a Feeling type). Apart from some Keirsians, who believe that Obama is an INTJ, the majority opinion seems to be[…] Continue Reading
Jung did not distinguish between the ENTJ and ESTJ types. Instead he focused on what was common to these two types as both were dominated by Extroverted Thinking (Te). Jung has been noted by many to be a forbidding and inaccessible writer and reading him is indeed difficult. Jung’s Portrait of the ENTJ / ESTJ[…] Continue Reading
Jung did not distinguish between the INTP and ISTP types. Instead he focused on what was common to these two types as both were dominated by Introverted Thinking (Ti). Jung has been noted by many to be a forbidding and inaccessible writer and reading him is indeed difficult. Jung’s Portrait of the INTP / ISTP[…] Continue Reading
Jung did not distinguish between the ENFJ and ESFJ types. Instead he focused on what was common to these two types as both were dominated by Extroverted Feeling (Fe). Jung has been noted by many to be a forbidding and inaccessible writer and reading him is indeed difficult. Jung’s Portrait of the ENFJ / ESFJ[…] Continue Reading