Black Rose
An unbreakable bond
I was wondering what the difference between Fe and Te is. I am supposed to be INTJ yet others have typed me as INFJ in the past. So I am confused. What I think the difference is is this: Fe is essentially flat affect, Fi is more bubbly. INTJ has Fi so has a core humor. Fe really has no core. That is not to say no emotion and no empathy but that it is very detached, Fi is invested / very involved in things.
Te cuts through all the red tape when it comes to what works. It really dislikes speculations that do not align with its goals/agenda. Not to say it does not speculate just that Ti must resolve all thought into a unified theory where Te just wants to get things done. This theory making is what sets apart INFJ from INTJ. Fe is important as a judging function to evaluate in a detached way good and bad but Te does not evaluate it judges how to do something. Ti as a theory in INFJ is the how of a structure, a theory.
So Ni being a vision Te is a way of achieving that vision and Fi is judging the personal meaning that vision has for the INTJ. For the INFJ the vision "Ni" is judged as acceptable or unacceptable and Ti creates a theory around that.
This is why I am INTJ and not INFJ. I have no ethical evaluation around my vision, I just want to create things with Te based on personal meaning Fi. I have no grand ethical theory, I have projects suiting my interests. What I find appealing to do. What is worth my time. Not to say I always succeed. My goals are not limited by practicality so I fail and lose confidence. I am not what may be thought of as INTJ. I have a heart and do not debate in logic like Spock but that is a stereotype. I am as much an INTJ as any other. ideas are important to me. I am ethical but that is not the focus of my cognition.
Te cuts through all the red tape when it comes to what works. It really dislikes speculations that do not align with its goals/agenda. Not to say it does not speculate just that Ti must resolve all thought into a unified theory where Te just wants to get things done. This theory making is what sets apart INFJ from INTJ. Fe is important as a judging function to evaluate in a detached way good and bad but Te does not evaluate it judges how to do something. Ti as a theory in INFJ is the how of a structure, a theory.
So Ni being a vision Te is a way of achieving that vision and Fi is judging the personal meaning that vision has for the INTJ. For the INFJ the vision "Ni" is judged as acceptable or unacceptable and Ti creates a theory around that.
This is why I am INTJ and not INFJ. I have no ethical evaluation around my vision, I just want to create things with Te based on personal meaning Fi. I have no grand ethical theory, I have projects suiting my interests. What I find appealing to do. What is worth my time. Not to say I always succeed. My goals are not limited by practicality so I fail and lose confidence. I am not what may be thought of as INTJ. I have a heart and do not debate in logic like Spock but that is a stereotype. I am as much an INTJ as any other. ideas are important to me. I am ethical but that is not the focus of my cognition.