This guy is soooooo SLI in his theories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen
This guy is soooooo SLI in his theories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen
“I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.” --- Pippi Longstocking
I've read his most famous book, "The Theory of the Leisure Class". His themes strike me as slightly "resolute" as in Se/Ni quadra - he is ridiculing a Se and Fe approach to human relationships, which he deems as tribal. My impression is that he's ILI, rather than SLI.
Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit
I still have to read that book, but ILI could certainly be an option.
“I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.” --- Pippi Longstocking
He's in Project Gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/833/833-h/833-h.htm I liked what Wikipedia says about his book but I won't have time to look much into it today. So I can't say what I think his type is.
Veblen is one of the early Technocrats, I've (partly) read his book "The engineers and the price system". It's interesting, but I found it pretty hard to read and understand. I think it still helped me to form my own opinion on this subject. I've no idea what his type could be, though.
„Man can do what he wants but he cannot want what he wants.“
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Just for the record, I didn't like his book and his theories. They reflected the attitude towards life of a profundly cynic and misanthropic person, IMHO. There's nothing wrong with being cynic, but you need to know your own bias when you're trying to build a realistic model of the world.
Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit
When I read Conspicuous Consumption the writer's NT-ness was apparent though for what it's worth I thought he was possibly LII. Te-ILI is another plausible typing.