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Extraversion and the Four Functions 45This type will, by definition, be a man whose constant endeavor—inso far, of course, as he is a pure type—is to makeall his activities dependent on intellectual conclusions, whichin the last resort are always oriented by objective data,whether these be external facts or generally accepted ideas.This type of man elevates objective reality, or an objectivelyoriented intellectual formula, into the ruling principle not onlyfor himself but for his whole environment. 48At their best, extraverted thinkers are statesmen, lawyers,practical scientists, respected academics, successful entrepreneurs.They are excellent at establishing order, whether onpaper, in their everyday lives, or at a business meeting. With agood sense of facts, they bring clarity into emotional situations.They are assets on any committee; they know Robert'sRules of Order and when to apply them.At worst, this type is a religious zealot, a political opportunist,a con man (or woman), a strict pedagogue who brooksno dissent.According to Jung, the extreme extraverted thinking typessubordinate both themselves and others to their "formula," asystem of rules, ideals and principles that in the end becomesa rigid moral code. Their benchmarks are justice and truth,based on what they consider to be the purest conceivable formulationof objective reality. "Oughts" and "musts" are typicallyprominent aspects of their intellectual standpoint. Thosearound them must, for everyone's good, obey the "universallaw":If the formula is broad enough, this type may playa very usefulrole in social life as a reformer or public prosecutor or purifierof conscience, or as the propagator of important innovations.But the more rigid the formula, the more he developsinto a martinet, a quibbler, and a prig, who would like to force48 Ibid., par. 585.
46 Extraversion and the Four Functionshimself and others into one mould. 49Due to the extraverted attitude, the activities and influenceof this type are generally more appreciated at a distance.While family and friends are likely to experience the unfavorableeffects of what at close quarters feels like tyranny, theirideals and lofty principles will often find a ready response inthose with whom they are not personally involved.The most pernicious effects of extraverted thinking are visitedon the person who functions in this way, for where thebasic parameters of one's existence are objective ideas, ideals,rules and principles, little attention is paid to the subject.The fact that an intellectual formula never has been and neverwill be devised which could embrace and express the manifoldpossibilities of life must lead to the inhibition or exclusionof other activities and ways of living that are just as important.... Sooner or later, depending on outer circumstancesor inner disposition, the potentialities repressed by the intellectualattitude will make themselves felt by disturbing theconscious conduct of life. When the disturbance, reaches adefinite pitch, we speak of a neurosis. 50The function most antithetical to thinking is feeling. Hencein this type, as shown in the diagram opposite, introvertedfeeling will be decidedly inferior. This means that those activitiesdependent on feeling—aesthetic taste, artistic sense,cultivation of friends, time with family, love relationships andso on—are most apt to suffer. Marie-Louise von Franz describesintroverted feeling as "very difficult to understand":A very good example of it is the Austrian poet, Rainer MariaRilke. He once wrote ... "I love you, but it's none of yourbusiness"! That is love for love's sake. Feeling is very strong,but it does not flow toward the object. It is rather like being in49 Ibid.50 Ibid., par. 587.
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