1.) Lol. Touché.
2.) But thanks for reaffirming my enneagram 8ness. You're like a discount Colonic...dubiously helpful overall but can provide much needed temporary relief.
3.) And to be clear, I said, "I
like to be mindful...." I also like cliff diving, bacon and tequila--doesn't mean I always get to do them much or that I even should > case in point >
4.) The poster I directed that to had it coming. I regret nothing.
But Fe is about objective ethics. Not personal.
This is why it's vitally important to distinguish how a certain cognitive function might manifest based on which function follows it.
Fe+Si users are more inclined to
uphold and enforce "objective ethics," from a traditionalist "this is what's always worked, this is how things have always been done, this is what everyone does," fashion. Fe+Ni users, on the other hand, are more apt to visualize and foresee what the collective "objective ethics"
should\will be and take the lead in bringing these visions to fruition. MLK Jr., like Adolf Hitler (who, yes, I know was allegedly INFJ but Ni+Fe manifests similarly), had their own
personalized, self-actualized version of what the "objective ethics" should be (that existed somewhat outside the prevailing "objective ethics" of the day) and went about radically changing their respective environments and the ethics/value systems that presided over them. ENJs are more so the bold visionaries and vanguards. And ESJs tend to be the loyal and dutiful guardians, defending and administering what ENJs have put forth and established.
And so if I am, in fact, an ENFJ, then it would be
natural and customary for me to determine the "objective ethics" for everyone else, based off of my own
personalized motivations!
It has no connection with dom Fe which is extroverted as hell and which can appreciate nearly everyone but in same time spreading moralistic bullshits to others.
And why do you think ENFJ are mistyped as INFJ? Because of Fe! Because Fe seeks other people and wants to express their emotional moralistic bullshits to others. Fe is so strong so it makes even INFJ sort of E.
1.) None of this makes much sense.
2.) And so I'm going to repeat myself. Pay careful attention:
The 854 is, indeed, intellectual and artistic, but purely introverted? No, because 8s more often correlate to a dominant extroverted judging/perceiving function! 854s are more withdrawn, yes, but a core 8 (and ESPECIALLY an 8w7) will always make itself apparent in forceful, powerful ways when extroverting. A much better argument could be made for the 954 tritype being "purely introverted."
2.) Again, ENJs, much like intuitive types overall, tend not to be true, unbridled social extroverts like ESPs or ESJs are (namely due to intuition's somewhat distant, removed from time and space, cerebral quality) and so I don't understand why you think ENFJs are "pure extroverts," which they aren't. One of the types most likely to mistype as an INFJ is an ENFJ! You have to think in terms of the function axes to better grasp how the functions interact with each other. Fe+Ni tends not to be as ostensibly frenetically gregarious as Fe+Si can be.
3.) A lot of your opinions and biases about Fe are just that, opinions and biases. I used to share some of them and so I understand where you are coming from, but at the same time, let's not act as if excessive Te does not also come with irritating, frustrating, potentially mal-adapted limitations. Someone could very well reply to your Te with "NO ONE CARES. Shove your alleged facts up your ass!" And I've actually been told that before. lol
ENFJ CAN BE 8 BUT NOT 4-5-8. Sure INFJ works as type described as reserved and social on the same time.

BTW you make one catastrophic mistake describing 4 as Ni. 4 is about originality, romance, vulnerability, sensitiveness... It is closest to Fi not Ni.
1.) You've still yet to satisfactorily provide an answer, backed up with solid theory, for why an ENFJ can not be an 845. You concede that an ENFJ can be an 8, but that somehow being a 4 and a 5 as well,
two types (I)NFJs routinely type as, is somehow impossible? lol Sorry but that's utterly ridiculous. This was you a few comments ago:
But then again INTJ ENTJ have same functions so it does make sense for 8w7 854.
Lol Don't the INFJ and ENFJ have similar functions?
Furthermore, most enneagram 5s are INTPs that use introverted thinking. Do you know who else uses Ti? NFJs! NTJs don't even use Ti in their primary 4 functions and yet you choose to associate them with enneagram 5 more readily than an NFJ. Is it not possible for an NFJ to have well defined Ti? There are many INFJ males who are enneagram 5s.
INFJs mistype as ENFJs and ENFJs mistype as INFJs because they both can have an ambiverted quality, depending on how strong or weak their Fe and Ni are.
THE SAME APPLIES FOR NTJs. An ENTJ with strong Ni can look more like an INTJ and an INTJ with strong Te can look more like an ENTJ. And so it seems like you are being a bit hypocritical for whatever reason or willfully obtuse.
2.) I know that enneagram 4 is closely related to Fi. A few comments ago, I said that "
NFs (including Ni) are strongly correlated to type 4." And that's true,
the majority of INFJs are enneagram 4. Why? It could be that there are a lot of mistyped INFPs AND/OR it could be that
Fe+Ni can mimic Fi.
Moreover, 4s value authenticity, within the confines of individuality, of being distinct, of eschewing the mundane, in order to be valuable (in that they are rare). Male NFJs are the rarest type and so it makes sense as to why they'd value individuating themselves from the masses...
as a defense mechanism--much to my chagrin, I can personally attest to not knowing anybody I could truly relate to growing up, in that they were just like me, until I went to College. I was always able to don a mask and barely fit in but didn't organically
belong anywhere. And this was true in every way, from my phenotype to my ancestral origins, to the way I dressed, to how I thought, to how I spoke, to my hobbies and interests. In the beginning, being different was a source of shame, but eventually it became a source of pride and self-orientation, to the degree that I came to despise most things ordinary, commonplace or "commercial." You see how constantly and irritatingly self-referential I am? That's also a 4 trait. lol
3.) It's also worth noting that the 458 tritype tends to be more prone to identity questioning and modulation, consumed by a perpetual state of internal flux--there's a lot of push and pull. And here I am, on my third typing thus far after being on this site since November. lol Personally, I hate it, because I prefer
to know, definitively; I like constancy and congruity but I'll probably be reaching for that indefinitely.
As of now, I simply can't be convinced that I'm anything other than an ENFJ 845 until I have had my argument completely dismantled to my satisfaction. That hasn't happened here, but I absolutely don't mind having my understanding questioned and I appreciate your insight. Though I disagree.
