Ron Elam (5w4)
Each of us, regardless of type, is inevitably presented with the conflict of “opposites.” Most of us, however, choose to avoid having to acknowledge this problem. Or when we do become aware of this dichotomy, defense mechanisms come into play and blind us to our self-contradictions.
In this article it is my purpose to point out that for EACH of the nine types, the problem of opposites is a crucial one. To their credit, Hurley and Dobson have recognized that such tensions associate...

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