Search

According to Jung, he had originally written ‘Psychological Types‘ as a way for him to make sense of his dramatic break with Freud, which had had a severe effect on his mood as well as his social situation (as other Freudians would no longer talk to Jung or refer patients to him). Throughout the course...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jung did not distinguish between the ESTP and ESFP types. Instead he focused on what was common to these two types as both were dominated by Extroverted Sensing (Se). Jung has been noted by many to be a forbidding and inaccessible writer and reading him is indeed difficult. Jung’s Portrait of the ESTP / ESFP...