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    Glaucon Personality Type, MBTI

    What is the personality type of Glaucon? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Glaucon from Western Philosophy and what is the personality traits.

    Glaucon
    INTP

    INTP (5w6)

    Glaucon personality type is INTP, and is thus a theorist, critic, and philosopher.

    People with the INTP personality type tend to be very intellectual and imaginative.

    They are not content to accept things at face value. They like to dig underneath the superficial layers to find the truth.

    This is why they are such good critics and theorists.

    They are naturally skilled at deconstructing ideas and coming up with new perspectives.

    They often have a very dry sense of humor. They often come off as cynical and sarcastic, even though deep down they are very idealistic.

    They are usually extremely intelligent and know a great deal about a wide range of subjects.

    They can be quite passionate about certain subjects, but other stuff they may find boring or not worth their time.

    In this way, INTPs can seem to be inconsistent. They can go from being extremely passionate about a subject to not really caring much about it at all.

    While INTPs generally have high standards for the quality of their ideas, they tend to be very practical in their approach to life.

    To them, things have to be practical and useful in some way, so they will often ignore abstract or theoretical issues.

    Glaucon son of Ariston, was an ancient Athenian and Plato's older brother. He is primarily known as a major conversant with Socrates in the Republic, and the interlocutor during the Allegory of the Cave. He is also referenced briefly in the beginnings of two dialogues of Plato, the Parmenides and Symposium.

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