The Pygmalion Project, Vol. III: The Idealist (Love & Coercion Among the Types)

By Stephen E. Montgomery and Stephen Montgomery MD

Book Overview

The third part of Dr. Stephen Montgomery's quartet on love and coercion among the types focuses on the Idealists (NF) intense, highly intuitive, temperament. Learn how the Idealists search for ideal love, longing to find the perfect "soul mate" with whom they can share their inner lives. Montgomery has selected characters in the pages of D.H. Lawrence, Leo Tolstoy, Charlotte Bronte, E.M. Forester, and several other authors. More significantly, read about the Idealist's special gift for what Professor Keirsey calls the Pygmalion Project, that need in all of us to sculpt our loved ones into copies of ourselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0960695494
• ISBN13: 9780960695492
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Prometheus Nemesis Book Company
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

I love this book!

This is a wonderfully global view of idealists in relationships with other types, through examples in classic literature.It is a nice read in particular for my INFJ preference, with much nuance and symbolism. I have read this book several times and enjoyed it more each time. I am sure I will read it again and enjoy it just as much.

most valuable book ive ever read

valuable is an understatement for rhis book i garantee you will re story youre lifes experiences on the basis of the knowledge and wisdom gained from this book. a powerful and nessesary tool for any human being simply to be a better human being in the broadest sense.

Highly Insightful

For the analyst, one who truly wants to understand people. The comparisons and contrasts made with the use of classical literature are utilitarian while still remaining compelling.This book is much better appreciated by those who are familiar with either the Keirsey Temperament Sorter or the Myers-Briggs (MBTI).

Now I know why I was drawn to Tolstoy....

Personally, I found this book to be amazingly accurate and perceptive. The personality type identification of various classic literary characters was completely accurate from my observations. Of course, you need to be somewhat well read to readily understand the literary references, but then most Idealists do tend to be readers. For me, it was almost synchronistic, both the way the books and characters that I had been drawn to over the years were described, as well as, how the passages stated seemed to be echoes of my own thoughts or journals. As an INFJ, I was naturally drawn to Tolstoy, and now I know why.

Groundbreaking!

This is an absolutely groundbreaking work by Mr. Montgomery. I saw myself so clearly in his portrait of the Counselor that I reread it three times and still could not believe that it was not written about me. To those who seem confused by the purpose of this book, I will warn you that it should be taken mainly as a companion to Keirsey's spectacular Please Understand Me. This book may be hard to follow for someone who has not first familiarized himself with the content of the aforementioned volume. Anyone interested in this subject should buy the two as a pair. Brilliant!