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III. Ne-Fe axis
“It goes without saying that such a type is uncommonly important both economically and culturally. If his intentions are good, i.e, if his attitude is not too egocentric, he can render exceptional service as the initiator or promoter of new enterprises. He is the natural champion of all minorities with a future. Because he is able, when oriented more to people than things, to make an intuitive diagnosis of their abilities and potentialities, he can also “make” men. His capacity to inspire courage or to kindle enthusiasm for anything new is unrivalled..”


Tertiary Extroverted Feeling plays an important role in the diet of ENTP thought. The Ne-Fe axis is more dedicated to action rather than contemplation. All of what has been said about Extroverted Intuition in regards to Introverted Thinking is also true of Extroverted Intuition in relationship to Extroverted Feeling. The difference between the two is that the former bends the ENTP inwards, yet the latter only reinforces his natural aim outwards. Extroverted Intuition alone allows for the ENTP to assess the general ambience of the situation and present whatever façade is necessary to achieve a goal, yet the Extroverted Feeling promotes such an endeavor by establishing a clear-cut external agenda. This adds to the ENTP’s talent as a performer. In addition to being able to discern the ambience of a situation with hunches, the ENTP will be able to assess the emotional aura of the environment. Extroverted Feeling, if not emancipated from the command of Extroverted Intuition, will become even more of a docile lackey than Introverted Thinking. The ENTP will engage the emotions of others strictly to get himself closer to his vision which can be expected to be mitigated on whim. As such a vision is almost wholly contingent on external circumstances which are incepted in the guise of seemingly ephemeral hunches. An ENTP, unlike the INTP is often likely to be comfortable with the use of Extroverted Feeling and may even be casual about this, though in a very subtle of a manner indeed. Subtle because of the tertiary rank of the faculty as well as the indirect approach to life of their perceiving function. If balanced, quality of the Feeling output of the ENTP may even appear to parallel that of feeling dominant or auxiliary types, yet if unbalanced the ENTP will likely plow forward with their crude value judgments expecting to receive benign results. Apparently, the ENTP appears to be much better at reading the thoughts of others rather than feeling and the Intuitive foolhardiness in regards to Feeling tends to lead to very crude blunders. Feeling, however, for the ENTP tends to be predominantly negative as the function holds a low rank in the hierarchy, therefore the ENTP tends not to excel at giving emotional support and tends to struggle nourishing positive feelings unless Feeling is in direct support to their Intuitive-Thinking oriented agenda. Or in other words, Feeling will almost always be negative unless it is doing the bidding of the higher functioning faculties or Intuition or Thinking. As we have established, Extroverted Intuition of the ENTP allows for him to concoct nearly any image he may deem desirable, Extroverted Feeling accentuates this quality by adding a sentimental flavor to the activity. In this regard the ENTP could be very good at convincing others of sincerity of his heart, whilst himself having little awareness of how he feels. Due to the Extroverted nature of the Feeling faculty of the ENTP, in combination with the rather fickle Extroverted perception, the agenda of the ENTP is often protean. Especially in the cases of unbalanced individuals of such a type. In this respect, such an ENTP will likely have convinced others of sincerity of his heart and soundness of his own vision without himself being clearly aware of what he has convinced others of, and could well be expected to pledge allegiance to a radically different, if not antithetical mindset to what he has before appeared to be fervently devoted. Much like the INTP, the ENTP is often logical and collected on the surface, having supreme confidence in his actions (due to the strong Thinking nature), as well as his demeanors and persona (apt Extroverted perception), yet internally may well be deteriorating due to the negativity of his tertiary extroverted feeling. In this respect, the ENTP much identifies with the INTP, the type that is most prone to this problem, as the Feeling faculty is radically negative for the ITP because it is the function he is least comfortable with. Thus, the alluring calm and adaptable persona often conceals the emotional anxiety the ENTP often experiences, as well as the sense of uncertainty. The ENTP, in this respect is even more disadvantaged than the INTP as he tends to suffer from a grave sense of uncertainty due to the primacy of his Extroverted Intuition faculty which is radically anti-establishment. Hence, the ENTP may incur two significant problems in this case. Anxiety due to the ambivalent, somewhat fickle nature of his dominant Extroverted Intuition, as well as the emotional unease due to the negativity of his Feeling faculty.


The malfunctioning extroverted feeling often undermines the ENTP at the heart of his being, as he tends to take pride in his competence as a performer. The Extroverted Feeling is often regarded as a noteworthy assistant of his Extroverted Intuitive performing faculty, as it allows for him to appear in tune with the emotional aura of the environment as well as influence it directly, due to the external nature of such a faculty. However, if the Extroverted Feeling is not properly developed and is negative, it will do the exact opposite of what the ENTP would need to accomplish in order to fulfill his agenda as a performer.
The chief philosophical merit of the ENTP is that of perception or collection of external information, which is directly linked to his ability to interact with the external environment soundly—this is the case due to the Extroverted nature of his perceiving faculty. Unlike the Introverted perceiver who tends to focus almost exclusively on the information and perspectives germane to his ideas, the ENTP focuses on all ideas out there. Hence, for this reason he is readily able to understand a manifold of impersonal perspectives simultaneously by virtue of his hunches. The onslaught of such abstract information is no doubt overwhelming and for this reason he is often unable to process and refine the influx of ideas that have befallen him, yet nonetheless his external behavior of the Extroverted Intuition seems to clearly demonstrate his cognizance of the notions that have been bestowed upon him. However, when it comes to understanding Feeling based perspectives of others, the ENTP will often have very distorted notions in mind, that may greatly misunderstand the perspectives of others or even ignore many important and relevant ideas inherent within their points of view.



The ENTP, as a dominant perceiving type tends to excel more at collection of information than decision-making. Accordingly, if the ENTP has not acquired a proper grasp of the Introverted Thinking, his decisions will be based on what appears intuitive at the moment with no due specific agenda, as unlike the Introverted Intuition, the Extroverted Intuition aims at all entities of the external world. Hence, the Extroverted Intuition without the proper support of Judgment can easily be influenced by a manifold of factors, the outcomes of such indiscretions could often be disastrous as almost literally just about anything is possible in such situations. For this reason, the ENTP may behave recklessly and whimsically, whilst at the time simply perceiving himself as just ‘going with the flow’, almost wholly unaware of the ramifications of his actions as he has not applied the proper judgment. As the last word on this matter it should be mentioned that the combination of Extroverted Intuition and Extroverted Feeling is what often leads for this type to be perceived as insincere and only as appearing benign on the superficial level, yet deep at their essence being decidedly disagreeable. (Hence, one may say that they are disagreeable deep at their essence because of the critical nature of their Thinking faculty, as Thinking by and large does tend to be negative, as well as the negativity of their Feeling aspect which is often concealed by their bland and cheerful external persona.) Accordingly, this is the case because Extroverted Intuition seeks to contribute to the external environment and Extroverted Feeling merely affirms whatever the popular sentiments that be. Extroverted Intuition grasps the quintessence of the aura of the environment, and Extroverted Feeling shortly voices its approval.


However, the ENTP often misunderstands the emotional aspect of the environment and in effect accomplishes the opposite of what he has intended. Properly functioning Extroverted Feeling often wins the approbation of the audience by and large, yet since the Extroverted Feeling is opposed by the antithetical to itself Introverted Thinking, the ENTP often presents his audience with thinly veiled negative emotions and those that are out of tune with the sensibilities of others.


Unconsciously, because the Extroverted Feeling is suppressed by the stronger Introverted Thinking, the ENTP may be forced to act in a fashion diametrically opposed to the agenda of Extroverted Feeling. He, without a clear awareness himself, may be making interpersonal decisions that evoke the most violent opposition and disapproval of others. This happens because the Introverted Thinking has taken charge of the Extroverted Feeling and has forced the Extroverted Feeling to carry out the agenda of the Introverted Thinking---the agenda of which is diametrically opposed to that of Extroverted Feeling. Because Extroverted Feeling is a rational or a conscious function, it may appear to the Feeling Judging types that the ENTP is intentionally trying to make others loathe him. This is where the ENTP much identifies with his introverted cousin the INTP. Nothing of the like is close to the truth as the ENTP was driven by the impersonal motives that have made his attitude somewhat hostile to the person-centered decisions. Thus the negative and hostile attitude to the sensibilities of others was in no way intended by the ENTP. In this regard the ENTP’s true essence is very different, if not irreconcilable with his cheerful and agreeable façade. As unlike the Feeling-Judging types whose primary conscious agenda consists in uplifting the morale of the masses the ENTP’s work of Feeling is subordinate to his impersonal visions which have little to do with the prejudices of the masses. The malfunctioning axis of Ne-Fe often leads for this type to be led by unworthy personal motives, as here he may be most concerned not with even creating external harmony, but strictly with winning the approbation of his contemporaries.



Such is the inevitable outcome of corrupt extroverted feeling. And of course, the ENTP does not much rely on the emotional support of others in comparison to the Feeling, types but uses it merely to appease his radically egocentric Introverted Judgment (in the event of the type having gone corrupt, as depicted in the previous section, the introverted judgment will be egocentric) and open up new doors for him to run amock with his Machiavellian maneuvers. Similar was the judgment passed on the aforementioned renowned ENTP, David Hume. In this criticism only the former defect is clearly relevant, the latter is by the least measurement, implicit.


“It is well known that in his later life Hume time after time suppressed his most radical ideas in order to be better appreciated by the public, and it is characteristic that in his autobiography he describes the “ruling passion” of his life not as Spinoza would have done, as the urge of philosophical cognition, but love of literary fame. And this literary ambition was not of the nature which was content with immortality usually accorded to great thinkers by late posterity; but, practical and concrete as he was, he craved first and foremost the admiration of his contemporaries…And therefore he was consistently led to regard the judgment of the public as his supreme court, his only guide in his literary work.”

ENTPs tend to be drawn to fame and prestige for different reasons than the Extroverted Judging types who see this as a direct assessment of their merit. The fraternal nature of the ENTP compels them to interact directly with their external environment and because they do not have any clear-cut standard to assess their external output, they have a need to be consistently appraised for their competence. Because of their fraternal nature and therefore the need to interact externally, it is very common for unhealthy ENTPs to take for it to be their first priority to be remembered and make an impact. The making an impact aspect derives from their fraternal extroverted intuition, this in itself is quite healthy, yet the longing to be remembered as meritorious almost certainly stems from their malfunctioning and self-serving judging functions, Introverted Thinking and Extroverted Feeling. On this account also, the Introverted Thinking, or the true beliefs and purposes of the ENTP are suppressed by the influence and appraisal seeking Extroverted Intuition.



This, in synthesis with their grandiose visions and corrupt Introverted Judgment often leads to self-apotheosis which is externally manifested---hence, the inevitable consequence of this is the longing to be admired by as many as possible. The admiration for one’s competence no doubt stems from the corrupt Ne-Ti axis, and furthermore sentimentally reinforced by the even more corrupt Extroverted Feeling. On this account ENTPs are often attracted to personas of greatness, and their Extroverted Feeling compels them to personally interact with eminent individuals. It is very common to notice such ENTPs boast about having met the most famous individuals possible. As we cannot help but suspect after our due inquiry into biographies of Hume, Russell and Voltaire who have gotten to know the ‘intellectual elite’ corresponded with them strictly for the sake of prestige without much profound purpose—or so they could simply claim those people as their friends or correspondents. Unlike the ENJs who one may argue are even more attracted to fame and prestige, ENTPs as being more flexible often have an easier time interacting with such individuals as they are able to properly improvise. Both of these types are externally aimed, yet the ENJs likely will aspire most to be successful by universally embraced external standards, yet the ENTPs seek the exaltation and sheer intuitive exhilaration from such activities. Whilst the ENJs seek to build a solid bank of external success, ENTPs, being much less consistent look for the few moments of renown to catch their much desired ‘aha’ moments. Incidentally, the ’15 minutes of fame’ notion is much pertinent to such a mindset and may have been conjured by an ENP. ENTPs are distinct from their dominant Judging extroverted counterpart in their light-hearted and unscrupulous approach to life, and by that token often appear to cruise by external success and renown which are taken quite seriously by the ENJ types.


The ENJs often outplay the ENTP as they are more focused on their external goals and by virtue of their systematic approach to the matter gain more skill, yet the ENPs are much more akin to the ‘natural’ game players, as they are able to accomplish what they set their sight on playfully and swiftly, whilst the approach of the ENJs is quite ponderous by comparison.


IV. Inferior Sensing
This function is anathema to the primary faculty of Extroverted Intuition. The ENTP rarely focuses on security concerns, or information that is relevant to him directly. Yet, the shadow side often manifests itself in terms of the ENTP inaccurately representing factual information and what requires concrete observation. When Introverted Sensing escapes the grasp of the ENTP’s conscious control, it will flood in a form of sensual and memory-oriented impulses. The insights he spews will be closely linked to his memories and deeply cherished beliefs. Since the Introverted Sensing is a servile lackey of the Extroverted Intuition in such a situation, memories will often be distorted to better fit the image the Extroverted Intuition wishes to see. Such an ENTP will likely also be permeated by an intense longing for security which stands in sharp contrast with his adventurous approach to life.