KLessard
Aspiring Troens Ridder
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2008
- Messages
- 595
- MBTI Type
- INFJ
- Enneagram
- 1w2
I am currently reading Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling" and I find that his idea of the individual has a lot to do with Fi (I have often seen Kierkegaard cited as an example of the INFP type).
I've been thinking that many of the great philosophers possibly came up with notions that they considered universal truths while they were really priorities linked to their own psychological type, thus leading many to follow a vision that was actually quite subjective.
At the same time, a healthy, mature philosopher who makes the best of his psychological functions can offer a facet of reality that is truly useful to society.
I believe that learning about psychological types can be beneficial to scholars in order to realize there are many colours to truth, (or as the Bible puts it "the manifold wisdom of God,") and considering these many facets could lead them to greater objectivity and an honest search for truth.
I've been thinking that many of the great philosophers possibly came up with notions that they considered universal truths while they were really priorities linked to their own psychological type, thus leading many to follow a vision that was actually quite subjective.
At the same time, a healthy, mature philosopher who makes the best of his psychological functions can offer a facet of reality that is truly useful to society.
I believe that learning about psychological types can be beneficial to scholars in order to realize there are many colours to truth, (or as the Bible puts it "the manifold wisdom of God,") and considering these many facets could lead them to greater objectivity and an honest search for truth.