Kierkegaard

[Lotr246]

What type is the famous philosopher, Kierkegaard?

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INFP

[dynamiteninja]

INFP

[Peguy]

INFJ

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I still :wubbie: you Peguy, even though you're wrong. :D

[Peguy]

I still :wubbie: you too heart, even though you're wrong. ;)

[Orangey]

His writing seems to suggest INFP over INFJ, but what do I know?

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I still :wubbie: you too heart, even though you're wrong. ;)

:D

[dynamiteninja]

His bio and works scream INFP.

[Bufo]

INFJ

With the only different opinion so far, explanation demands.

[Peguy]

With the only different opinion so far, explanation demands.

I protest that I'm the only person who has to explain their assestment. :tongue:

In most other discussion I've read on this issue, he's been classified as INFJ. Much of his writings and his biography does protray an INFJ nature.

This is further seen through the many personality-philosophical similarities he shares with many famous INFJ thinkers and writers: Dostoevsky, Buber, Shestov, Berdyaev, etc. I've already posted Shestov's commentary on the similarities between him and Dostoevsky, even referring to Kierkegaard as Dostoevsky's double.

Of course, I will point out that many of his INFJ admirers have criticised him on many accounts. Buber critiqued Kierkegaard's notion of the suspension of the Ethical, and Shestov claimed Kierkegaard didn't go far enough in his radical sense of faith. But then again, this need not relate to type at all; since the INFJ Solzhenitsyn criticised Dostoevsky on many accounts, despite his great admiration for the 19th century figure.

The constant theme of paradox that runs through Kierkegaard's writing is a common one found among INFJs, or rather Ni types in general. This is especially seen in this remark of his:

"The thinker without paradox is like a lover without feelings. The supreme paradox of all thought is the attempt to discover something that thought cannot think."

As for his biography. I'm not in the mood to get into any details at the moment. I do have Garff's 800+ page biography of him, and there's plenty of information about his personal life.

[dynamiteninja]

I protest that I'm the only person who has to explain their assestment. :tongue:

In most other discussion I've read on this issue, he's been classified as INFJ. Much of his writings and his biography does protray an INFJ nature.

This is further seen through the many personality-philosophical similarities he shares with many famous INFJ thinkers and writers: Dostoevsky, Buber, Shestov, Berdyaev, etc. I've already posted Shestov's commentary on the similarities between him and Dostoevsky, even referring to Kierkegaard as Dostoevsky's double.

Of course, I will point out that many of his INFJ admirers have criticised him on many accounts. Buber critiqued Kierkegaard's notion of the suspension of the Ethical, and Shestov claimed Kierkegaard didn't go far enough in his radical sense of faith. But then again, this need not relate to type at all; since the INFJ Solzhenitsyn criticised Dostoevsky on many accounts, despite his great admiration for the 19th century figure.

The constant theme of paradox that runs through Kierkegaard's writing is a common one found among INFJs, or rather Ni types in general. This is especially seen in this remark of his:

"The thinker without paradox is like a lover without feelings. The supreme paradox of all thought is the attempt to discover something that thought cannot think."

As for his biography. I'm not in the mood to get into any details at the moment. I do have Garff's 800+ page biography of him, and there's plenty of information about his personal life.

That's interesting. INFP. :tongue:

[Bufo]

I protest that I'm the only person who has to explain their assestment. :tongue:

Well, not everyone is asked for an explanation for their assessment, number of persons from whom it's expected is even less.

Thanks for the feedback.

[Peguy]

That's interesting. INFP. :tongue:

Oh that's so cute! ;)

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His bio and works scream INFP.

Only an INFP would break up with someone they loved "to save" them from the INFP's miserible persona and then spend a lifetime mooning over them. So dramaticlly self-indulgent and Fi.

My brain hurts today, but I'll come back and post some of his thoughts that I think are just totally INFP.

BlueWing makes a good argument for Kierkegaard being INFP in his INFP profile.

[Lotr246]

If we say he's like Dostoevsky, maybe Dostoevsky is an INFP, like Kierkegaard?

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Dostoevsky INFJ, Kierkegaard INFP. Both NF, but different.

[dynamiteninja]

Dostoevsky INFJ, Kierkegaard INFP. Both NF, but different.

Yes.