{"id":7630,"date":"2014-10-21T05:33:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T05:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/10\/21\/extrovert-versus-introvert-the-introvert-speaks\/"},"modified":"2014-10-21T05:33:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T05:33:25","slug":"extrovert-versus-introvert-the-introvert-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/10\/21\/extrovert-versus-introvert-the-introvert-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Extrovert versus Introvert: The Introvert Speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Introvert<\/a>The extrovert is like a mirror: being nothing in himself, he is only what he reflects.  A caricature, no doubt, but useful in delineation of an ideal type.  This is why the extrovert needs others.  Without them, he lacks inner substance.  This is also why he is not drained by others, but drains them — like a vampire.  By contrast, the introvert, who has inner substance, loses it by social intercourse.  He is drained not merely of physical energy, but of spiritual integrity, inner focus, his very self.  The problem with socializing is not so much energy loss as self loss.  But one cannot lose what one does not have. <\/span><\/p>\n

The introvert cannot be himself in society but must sacrifice himself on the altar of Heidegger's das Man<\/em>, the 'they self,' or social self.  The extrovert can only be himself and come to himself in society.  Whereas the introvert loses himself in society, the extrovert finds himself there.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you infer the superiority of the introvert, I won't disagree with you.<\/span><\/p>\n

The above cartoon nails it.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Are you an introvert?  Take this test<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kierkegaard<\/a> was an archetypical introvert.  <\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE (11:55 AM)<\/strong>:  It occurred to me that 'superficial extrovert' might count as a pleonastic expression.  Other polemical jabs:  'Extroverts are surface all the way down.' 'Extroverts aren't even shallow.'<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The extrovert is like a mirror: being nothing in himself, he is only what he reflects.  A caricature, no doubt, but useful in delineation of an ideal type.  This is why the extrovert needs others.  Without them, he lacks inner substance.  This is also why he is not drained by others, but drains them — … Continue reading “Extrovert versus Introvert: The Introvert Speaks”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,278,221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autobiographical","category-introversion","category-psychology-and-personality-typology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}