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Isaac Newton
Evidence for INTJ
• Described as reclusive, secretive, isolated, secluded, hermitlike (I)
“he alwayes kept close to his studies, very rarely went a visiting, & had as few Visiters.”
• Described as taciturn, silent, private (I)
• Did not seek after attention, new acquaintances (I)
“For I see not what there is desirable in publick esteeme, were I able to acquire & maintaine
it. It would perhaps increase my acquaintance, the thing which I cheifly study to decline.”
• Absent-minded (IN, but INPs favored most)
• Lost in thought for noticeably long stretches of time (IN)
He “would sometimes be silent and thoughtful for above a quarter of an hour together, and
look all the while as if he was saying his prayers.”
• Almost never laughed (IJ favored)
• An acquaintance said that Newton “could sometimes see almost by Intuition, even without
Demonstration.” 203 (N)
• Calm, composed (NT)
• Worked on the cutting edge of math, science (NT)
• Described as serious (INTJ, NT favored)
• Described as hard (T)
• Was described as having a “usual tone of absolute authority” 204 (NTJ favored over NTP)
• Described as having a “great desire for order and security” 205 (J)
• Needed his garden to be perfectly weed-free; this was seen by Ackroyd (2006) as a
manifestation of a larger pattern. (J)
“In his Cambridge enclave and retreat he walked in his garden where, according to one of
203 Ackroyd, 2006
204 Levenson, 2009
205 Ackroyd, 2006