Classic work in which the Swiss psychologist categorizes human behavior into attitude-types of introversion and extroversion as well as function-types distinguished by thinking, feeling, sensation, or intuition A work in the domain of practical psychology. It discusses various aspects of consciousness, the various attitudes the conscious mind might take toward the world, and thus constitutes a psychology of consciousness regarded from what might be called a clinical angle. Editorial Note v Foreword to the first Swiss Edition xi Forewords to the Seventh and Eighth Swiss Editions xii Foreword to the Argentine Edition xiv Introduction 3(5) The Problem of Types in the History of Classical and Medieval Thought 8(59) Psychology in the Classical Age: The Gnostics, Tertullian, Origen 8(12) The Theological Disputes of the Ancient Church 20(3) The Problem of Transubstantiation 23(3) Nominalism and Realism 26(38) The Problem of Universals in Antiquity 26(12) The Problem of Universals in Scholasticism 38(8) Abelard's Attempt at Conciliation 46(18) The Holy Communion Controversy Between Luther and Zwingli 64(3) Schiller's Ideas on the Type Problem 67(69) Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man 67(63) The Superior and the Inferior Functions 67(29) Concerning the Basic Instincts 96(34) A Discussion on Naive and Sentimental Poetry 130(6) The Naive Attitude 131(1) The Sentimental Attitude 132(1) The Idealist and the Realist 133(3) The Apollinian and the Dionysian 136(11) The Type Problem in Human Character 147(19) General Remarks on Jordan's Types 147(5) Special Description and Criticism of Jordan's Types 152(14) The Introverted Woman 153(3) The Extraverted Woman 156(4) The Extraverted Man 160(3) The Introverted Man 163(3) The Type Problem in Poetry 166(107) Carl Spitteler: Prometheus and Epimetheus Introductory Remarks on Spitteler's Typology 166(7) A Comparison of Spitteler's with Goethe's Prometheus 173(16) The Significance of the Uniting Symbol 189(32) The Brahmanic Conception of the Problem of Opposites 195(4) The Brahmanic Conception of the Uniting Symbol 199(9) The Uniting Symbol as the Principle of Dynamic Regulation 208(6) The Uniting Symbol in Chinese Philosophy 214(7) The Relativity of the Symbol 221(37) The Worship of Woman and the Worship of the Soul 221(20) The Relativity of the God-concept in Meister Eckhart 241(17) The Nature of the Uniting Symbol in Spitteler 258(15) The Type Problem in Psychopathology 273(16) The Type Problem in Aesthetics 289(11) The Type Problem in Modern Philosophy 300(22) William James' Types 300(7) The Characteristic Pairs of Opposites in James' Types 307(12) Rationalism versus Empiricism 307(4) Intellectualism versus Sensationalism 311(1) Idealism versus Materialism 312(1) Optimism versus Pessimism 313(1) Religiousness versus Irreligiousness 314(2) Indeterminism versus Determinism 316(2) Monism versus Pluralism 318(1) Dogmatism versus Scepticism 318(1) General Criticism of James' Typology 319(3) The Type Problem in Biography 322(8) General Description of the Types 330(78) Introduction 330(3) The Extraverted Type 333(40) The General Attitude of Consciousness 333(4) The Attitude of the Unconscious 337(5) The Peculiarities of the Basic Psychological Functions in the Extraverted Attitude 342(1) Thinking 342(4) The Extraverted Thinking Type 346(8) Feeling 354(2) The Extraverted Feeling Type 356(3) Summary of the Extraverted Rational Types 359(3) Sensation 362(1) The Extraverted Sensation Type 363(3) Intuition 366(2) The Extraverted Intuitive Type 368(2) Summary of the Extraverted Irrational Types 370(3) The Introverted Type 373(35) The General Attitude of Consciousness 373(5) The Attitude of the Unconscious 378(2) The Peculiarities of the Basic Psychological Functions in the Introverted Attitude 380(1) Thinking 380(3) The Introverted Thinking Type 383(4) Feeling 387(1) The Introverted Feeling Type 388(3) Summary of the Introverted Rational Types 391(2) Sensation 393(2) The Introverted Sensation Type 395(3) Intuition 398(3) The Introverted Intuitive Type 401(2) Summary of the Introverted Irrational Types 403(2) The Principal and Auxiliary Functions 405(3) Definitions 408(89) Epilogue 487(10) Appendix: Four Papers on Psychological Typology 497(60) 1. A Contribution to the Study of Psychological Types (1913) 499(11) 2. Psychological Types (1923) 510(14) 3. A Psychological Theory of Types (1931) 524(18) 4. Psychological Typology (1936) 542(15) Table: Correlation of Paragraph Numbers 557(10) Bibliography 567(18) Index 585