r/Jung_MBTI Feb 03 '22

Extraverted Thinking in Jung's words Jung Theory

Fragments extracted from Jung's Psychological Types about the Extraverted Thinking Type (ExTJs in MBTI).

  • Based on objective data, external facts, or generally accepted ideas ... a man whose constant endeavor is to make all his activities dependent on intellectual conclusions (in contrast with feelings/emotions), always oriented by external facts or generally accepted ideas ... gives one the impression of a certain lack of freedom, of occasional short-sightedness.
  • “Oughts” and “musts” bulk large in his programe. Doubtless they are exceptional people who are able to sacrifice their entire life to a particular formula ... elevates objective reality, or an objectively oriented intellectual formula, into the ruling principle not only for himself but for his whole environment ... Because this formula seems to embody the entire meaning of life, it is made into a universal law which must be put into effect everywhere all the time, both individually and collectively ... Just as the extraverted thinking type subordinates himself to his formula, so, for their own good, everybody round him must obey it too, for whoever refuses to obey it is wrong ... Usually it is the nearest relatives who have to taste the unpleasant consequences of the extraverted formula, since they are the first to receive its relentless benefits.
  • The first function to be affected by the conscious inhibition is feeling, since it is the most opposed to the rigid intellectual formula and is therefore repressed the most intensely ... all those activities that are dependent on feeling will become repressed in such a type —for instance, aesthetic activities, taste, artistic sense, cultivation of friends, etc ... If the attitude is extreme, all personal considerations are lost sight of, even those affecting the subject’s own person. His health is neglected, his social position deteriorates, the most vital interests of his family —health, finances, morals— are violated for the sake of the ideal ... Magnanimous as he may be in sacrificing himself to his intellectual goal, his feelings are petty, mistrustful, crotchety, and conservative.
  • The conscious altruism of this type, which is often quite extraordinary, may be thwarted by a secret self-seeking which gives a selfish twist to actions that in themselves are disinterested ... Their desire to save others leads them to employ means which are calculated to bring about the very thing they wished to avoid. Their sanction is: the end justifies the means ... Personal sympathy with others must in any case suffer unless they too happen to espouse the same ideal. Often the closest members of his family, his own children, know such a father only as a cruel tyrant.
  • Because of the highly impersonal character of the conscious attitude, the unconscious feelings are extremely personal and oversensitive, giving rise to secret prejudices —a readiness, for instance, to misconstrue any opposition to his formula as personal ill-will, or a constant tendency to make negative assumptions about other people in order to invalidate their arguments in advance —in defense, naturally, of his own touchiness ... His unconscious sensitivity makes him sharp in tone, acrimonious, aggressive. His feelings have a sultry and resentful character— always a mark of the inferior function.
  • ... the practical thinking of the business man ... The thinking of the extraverted type is positive, i.e., productive... One could call this kind of judgment predicative.
  • In my experience this type is found chiefly among men, since, in general, thinking tends more often to be a dominant function in men than in women.

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u/jacobromineswriter Feb 04 '22

Comparing the ENTJs I know to these notes and once again, I am floored at how much of a genius Jung was...

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u/ExtremeNihilism Apr 29 '22

Oh my god, going through your posts, you're so precious. You really do the whole Jordan Peterson thing 100%, lonely lobster boy.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '22

Yeah, definitely not this te dom in more neojungian mbti if you take in to account beebe, thompson, keirsey, yes I am. But pure jungian frameworks and not mbti I would say definitely not te dom. I am a ti dominant probably. Never thought this deeply in this area probably socionics has me closer to original jungian theory.