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Lucius Cornelius Sulla (ESI): Personality Type Analysis

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix  was an aristocratic politician and military commander in the last century of the Roman Republic. He is best known as the first Roman commander to march on Rome itself and as the first to assume the office of Dictator without a preset term limit - even if he resigned after less than two years. Although his political goal had been to strengthen the then shaky foundations of the Republic, when he died in 78 BC his career and example had established the precedents for the dictatorship of  Gaius Julius Caesar (SEE)  and therefore for the later regime of the emperors. His life and personality are known from the writings of ancient historians, in particular Plutarch, who wrote a biography of Sulla partly based on Sulla's own memoirs, which have not survived. Background : Sulla was born in 138 BC, a member of the patrician (i.e. of highest nobility) clan Cornelius - arguably the most powerful clan overall - but Sulla himself started out in a rela...

Aleesha's Guide to Self-Typing

This article aims to address the most common difficulties that people have while trying to type themselves, and strategies they can use to overcome them. The Formula The formula for figuring out your own type is very simple: Learn about yourself Learn about Socionics Compare your knowledge between the two. Failure to properly identify the TIM is usually related to inadquate knowledge of Socionics or to making the process more complicated than it needs to be. Understanding yourself It is imperative that you are able to understand and describe yourself on your own before you attempt to do so with a typology. You can develop self-knowledge and Socionics knowledge concurrently but you must be wary of trying to interpret your thoughts and behaviour according to Socionics when you don't have a decent understanding of at least one of those things. If you're really struggling, the problem might be that you're only seeing what you're looking for (i.e. evidence ...