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This is from Steven Schroeder's introduction to Heretics by GK Chesterton, where he describes Chesterton's writing and thinking style:
Anyways, can anyother INFJs(or even NFs in general) relate to this description? I know I can. My interests and perspectives are absolutely scattered all over the place; and yes it does often result in a lack of scholarly "depth" on many of those issues.
Yet I like the fact that I don't need to get involved with details in order to grasp the main point of something; and allows me to engage in discussions on numerous topics.
"Chesterton's background and training in the visual arts (he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London) always influenced his writing and very likely contributed to the preponderance of image over linear argument so many commentators have noted (some favorably, some not). But he was a thereotician at heart...He was never an academic and never aspired to be one; preferring to refer to himself as a journalist....As a journalist, he plunged into whatever topic presented itself; this has lead some to criticize him for spreading himself too thin, never staying with one topic long enough to achieve scholarly depth...Chesterton never trusted the persuasive power of "pure" reason (which he associated with insanity), so it not surprising that his rhetoric inclines towards something less pure -- something that more nearly approximates the language one might hear in the community (as Chesterton would put it) or a third class coach than the language one might hear in a lecture hall."
Chesterton has been classifed as an Introverted Intuitive, and my wild guess would be INFJ(He is nowhere near an INTJ). Anyways, can anyother INFJs(or even NFs in general) relate to this description? I know I can. My interests and perspectives are absolutely scattered all over the place; and yes it does often result in a lack of scholarly "depth" on many of those issues.
Yet I like the fact that I don't need to get involved with details in order to grasp the main point of something; and allows me to engage in discussions on numerous topics.