Maximus Decimus Meridius MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Maximus Decimus Meridius? Maximus Decimus Meridius is an personality type in MBTI, 1w2 - so/sx - 162 in Enneagram, RCOAI in Big 5, LSI in Socionics.
Maximus Decimus is an ENTJ, but not by letters. Someone typing him by letters would probably arrive at ISTP and then factoring in his position as a General and all that they would switch the last letter to J, which would arrive them to the shores of ISTJ, but make no mistake upon reflecting on his conscious cognitive function use he is an exemplar ENTJ. He's just not a villainous ENTJ. Commodus : "The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story! But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?" Maximus : "You would fight me?" Commodus : "Why not? Do you think I am afraid?" Maximus : "I think you've been afraid all your life." This dialogue examples Maximus possesses a conscious functional attitude that represses subjective metrics/values/limitation (Fi). Commodus (an INFP, believe it or not) is shown at odds throughout the whole film as possessing the polar opposite conscious functional attitude. His speech stating "Striking Story!" is his reluctance to be subjected to objective optics/symbols/vantage (Te). Commodus represses Te, whereas Maximus represses Fi returning with "I think you've been afraid all your life," which is a devaluing answer devaluing the subject, not a demeaning answer demeaning the object, meaning Maximus (conscious Ni) unlike Commodus (conscious Ne) does not envision an interactive idea (Ne) of their post-dispute events. Commodus speaks to Maximus like a boy (full of possibilities) speaks to a man (fortunate with probabilities) with a belief in an underpinning metaphysical competition between them. It's clear Maximus does not share this reception of metaphysical competition even asking the question "You would fight me?" as if the notion is antithetical to the moment they're having, which it is. It's clear Maximus possesses conscious objective opportunism (Se). He interacts at the point of contention (Se), not in the stream of discontention (Ne). Maximus : "I knew a man once who said, "Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back."" Commodus : "I wonder, did your friend smile at his own death?" Maximus : "You must know. He was your father." Commodus : "You loved my father, I know. But so did I. That makes us brothers, doesn't it? Smile for me now, brother." This dialogue examples Maximus possesses conscious subjective knowledge/expectancy (Ni). He remembers the personal over the impersonal, and consequently he communicates an expectation for others to as well. Throughout the film Maximus is shown implying the subjective idea (Ni) of what is assumed to be known. He doesn't imply the objective idea (Ne) as Commodus does. Drawing distinction between Commodus and Maximus you can see the opposing perception axes Ne-Si versus Ni-Se play out quite clearly. Maximus : "They fought for you and for Rome." Marcus Aurelius : "And what is Rome, Maximus?" Maximus : "I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light." Marcus Aurelius : "Yet you have never been there. You have not seen what it has become. I am dying, Maximus. When a man sees his end... he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. How will the world speak my name in years to come? Will I be known as the philosopher? The warrior? The tyrant...? Or will I be the emperor who gave Rome back her true self? There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish... it was so fragile. And I fear that it will not survive the winter." This dialogue examples Maximus possesses conscious dominant objective optics (Te). He has never even been to Rome as Marcus Aurelius points out, but he answers with "Rome is the light" for he consciously and dominantly operates on interobjective interpretations (Te). Since most people by a preoccupation of order think Rome is the light Rome is the light for Maximus. This is dominant extraverted thinking. A lot of people think stupidly extraverted thinking is about quoting statistics, which in reality falls under the domain of extraverted intuition. Extraverted thinking is about telepathy in ethos over empathy in ethos, i.e. the extraverted thinker presumes what he/she sees most people seem to think. It is reading the mind on the face, not the heart. Lucilla : "You're lying, I could always tell when you were lying because you were never any good at it." Maximus : "I never acquired your comfort with it." Lucilla : "True, but then you never had to, life is more simple for a soldier. Or do you think me heartless?" Maximus : "I think you have a talent for survival." This dialogue shows Lucilla (ENFJ) and Maximus connect through shared auxiliary Ni. She even tells him he's the only one who made her feel unalone. They're the same opposed. Fe-Ni versus Te-Ni. Maximus Decimus is an ENTJ
Biography
A Roman general who Commodus betrayed for refusing to serve him. Commodus also had his family killed, and he ended up sold as a slave. Then Proximo bought him, had him train as a gladiator, and his exploits in the arenas of North Africa brought him to Rome.
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