Crates of Thebes MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Crates of Thebes? Crates of Thebes is an INFJ personality type in MBTI, 6w5 - sp/so - in Enneagram, in Big 5, in Socionics.
"It is note-worthy that no anecdotes portray him as a beggar : possibly he had not renounced all his wealth. One account, quoted from Demetrius of Magnesia, says that he deposited his money with bankers to be paid to his sons if they were ordinary men but to be distributed among the people if they became philosophers, for then they would want nothing" This seems to show the categorizing (Ti) of people according to their place in collectives (Fe). He establishes an "if-then" axiom to make his decisions (Ti) -> If ordinary men -> then give them money -> If philosophers -> then give them nothing The collective of ordinary men (Fe) live according to civil laws (Ti), the collective of philosophers (Fe) live according to philosophical laws (Ti). He values the individual laws each person/collective individually abides by, implying that logic to him is a subjective thing. This is also why he's EII, this is an Aristocratic view of other people; very aware of the intrinsic desires that characterizes cliques of people. There are also parallels between him and Plato (INFJ) as they both conceptualized an ideal state around ideal principles (NiTi) that encompass society (Fe). The difference is that Plato was highly elitist and hierarchal (IEI and LFVE) while Crates is a lot gentler and dialogic (EII and ELFV), I mean he would literally just walk into people's houses and start discussions with them, 2L much? I'm sad he's not as well known, he's like a MrBeast Shakespeare with how he basically just constantly gave away money and wrote a lot of poetry and quips. I think they have the same PY type (ELFV) as well lol
Biography
Crates (Greek: Κράτης ὁ Θηβαῖος; c. 365 – c. 285 BC) of Thebes was a Cynic philosopher and the husband of Hipparchia of Maroneia. Crates gave away his money to live a life of poverty on the streets of Athens. Respected by the people of Athens, he is remembered for being the teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism. Various fragments of Crates' teachings survive, including his description of the ideal Cynic state. Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Crates_of_Thebes
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