Constitutional Predisposition! Neurosis! Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My! Re: Livin' La Vida Enneagram

Posted by PseudoName on June 27, 1999 at 20:13:54:

In Reply to: Re: Livin' La Vida Enneagram posted by Derf on June 27, 1999 at 15:51:59:

This is way, way too entertaining. I had no idea that such an innocuous question would bring out such interesting reactions. Hmmm. Bring it on, Derf/Johnny/Ryan, et.al.

> I quote Claudio Naranjo, a theorist who, like Johnny Five, is up in his head WAY too much, though Mr. Naranjo, unlike Five, is able, or at least willing, to back up his craziness with real intellectual guts (i.e., actually explaining his view, instead of merely adopting a vague, self-granted, and otherwise completely inexplicable "my-brain-is-bigger-than-thou's" air.

> Anyway, here's Naranjo's quote, from *Character and Neurosis*, in the chapter about Nines.

> "It [the type IX person] is also the most ectopenic, and in this we may see a constitutional predisposition to the lack of inwardness in the type IX character."

> To Johnny: try using deadweight phrases like "constitutional predisposition" more.

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