How different from their opposites, the Artisans. And so it goes, Idealists valuing identity over stimulation, recognition over generosity, and the sage over the virtuoso. To me it suffices to wonder at these secrets and to attempt humbly to grasp with my mind a mere image of the lofty structure of all that there is. Albert Einstein Plato s Rationals Plato s word for men like Einstein was dianoetic which roughly translated means dialectical thought coordinate thought, parallel reasoning, ratiocination hence he considered this type as the Rationals. The Abstract Utilitarians NTs, whatever their name, have something very important in common with the Idealists and Artisans, and little in common with the Guardians.
Rationals talk little of what is observable and much of what is imaginable.
Rationals are utilitarian in going after what they want, which means that they consider the usefulness of their tools as more important than their social acceptability whether they should be used, are moral, are legal, are legitimate. The Orientation of Rationals Rationals are pragmatic about the present, skeptical about the future, relativistic about the past, their place is at intersections of interaction, and their time is the interval. And the contrast extends to what they prize and what they aspire to, Guardians gratitude and executive power, Rationals deference and wizardry. Mating And yet another factor involved in our choice of mate, at least as powerful if not more, is temperament. Given a number of choices determined by all the other factors national origin, social background, physical attraction, and so forth we will select our mate according to temperament.