Hermann Hesse MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Hermann Hesse? Hermann Hesse is an INFJ personality type in MBTI, 4w5 - sp/sx - 451 in Enneagram, RLUAI in Big 5, IEI in Socionics.
Most of his characters are undoubtedly Fi-users, but I can see a lot of Ni in his writings. The "individual's search for authenticity" has a timeless and universal value, as if it were a message addressed to humanity as a whole. Fi writers (especially Fi-doms) tend to stick to what personally matters to them (e.g. using characters and stories to convey concepts that reflect, directly or metaphorically, their own feelings and experiences), while Hesse seems to be more "impersonal" in dealing with such matters. He's also very attuned to the world of archetypes: behind the individualism and emotional depth of the characters, there's something that trascends this apparent singularity and becomes a symbol of the inner human experience. He may be EII (Fi-Ne) in Socionics. There's socio Fi in his general understanding of inner feelings and interpersonal dynamics, and Ne in his ability to explore them in depth, but not INFP at all.
Biography
Hermann Karl Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-born poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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