Why Fi is the tone of the voice while Fe is the volume of the voice?

Why Fi is the tone of the voice, while Fe is the volume of the voice?

by Lena

Art Credit: "Luncheon of the Boating Party" (Pierre-Auguste Renoir)

I would like to remind that it’s very important to take the context of the situation into account, how the particular person see it because each individual is unique and might perceive the situation from another angle, they might see it from the prism of another element/s because each TIM (Type of Information Metabolism) has a particular matrix and this plays a role in person's perception.

The SCS (the table with SCS/WSS/SHS/SSS comparison of IMEs) took the idea for Fi being the tone of the voice, while Fe - the volume of the voice directly from Augusta:

“Human emotions in our definition are the internal activity of the psyche. This activity is reflected outwardly through the volume of voice, facial expressions, and expressiveness in one’s movements. Thus it is necessary to remember that emotions (Fe) are shown in the volume of one’s voice, and the attitude to the object (Fi) through intonations.”

https://augustaproject.wordpress.com/theory-of-reinin-dichotomies-3/

The volume of one's voice, especially in order to expel internal excitation, is Fe, since it is the sound and this influences people directly. For example, when you scream there is a combustion which you release, and you can express certain emotions/make the person scared, happy, sad, etc., fast raw emotional response, not feelings. If we have to draw a parallel, we could say that emotional pressure is Fe, and it's like a volcano overflowing with energy happening within the object. Augusta also used a kettle boiling as an example of Fe information in her Reinin's papers:

“For example, if we want to denote what is going on inside of the Sun, the Earth, or a boiling kettle of tea, is only suitable for Fe.”

https://augustaproject.wordpress.com/theory-of-reinin-dichotomies-3/

In the paper “Two Vertizations”, Augusta talked about the connection between two entities (Sun and Earth), influencing each other through the established implied bond between them:

“When we examine the way one inanimate body is “perceived” or “reflected” by another, everything is clear. For example, fig. 1 shows how the Sun’s internal processes affect the disturbances in the atmosphere or subsoil of the Earth: the Sun’s internal dynamics Fe is transferred through streams of some kind of particles Fi, which, when they reach Earth, invoke some reciprocal reaction in it, its own Fe. In our language this stream of particles is called an internal connection, because it’s a connection between two internal processes - one of them being determined by the other.” (Translated by Axiom)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PaAfRGTDdaDx_vh7OcPjZjSFLlN5qzi6/view

If you think about how writers describe someone's tone of voice, you will get why it's Fi - "the softness with which she spoke the words, gently caressing his ears and made him feel loved, wanting to wrap his being around and keep her closer". Your tone can be harsh, cold, loving, sweet, kind... and with a combination of choosing your words or your responses, you are increasing/decreasing the distance on the subjective level; there is a mutual influence that forges a bond. You appeal to someone's feelings at this moment and start building an attitude. Augusta mentioned how EIIs regulate people's relationships only with their tone:

“...They regulate relationships with people, bring them closer or farther away, not so much with words as with gaze and tone. Tension in EII’s voice, which is often completely inconsistent with what is being said at the time, returns almost everyone to “their place.”

https://classicsocionics.wordpress.com/augusta-eii/

I will share a wonderful example that will demonstrate well why the tone can contain a particular attitude (Fi):

Sonnet 145

by William Shakespeare

Those lips that love’s own hand did make

Breathed forth the sound that said “I hate”

To me that languished for her sake;

But when she saw my woeful state,

Straight in her heart did mercy come,

Chiding that tongue that, ever sweet,

Was used in giving gentle doom,

And taught it thus anew to greet:

“I hate” she altered with an end

That followed it as gentle day

Doth follow night, who like a fiend

From heav'n to hell is flown away.

“I hate” from hate away she threw,

And saved my life, saying “not you.”

Here Shakespeare shows how his character plays with the difference between the words “I hate” and “I hate not you” and appeals with her tone to the lyrical hero - “gentle doom”, “sweet”.

The next poem can illustrate why the volume of voice falls under Fe and how loud or quiet you speak can favor the inspiration and exaltation, the internal movement of energy:

Her Voice Is Getting Louder

by Kim Yu

From the sounds echoed behind juvenile play-figures

To the vocal vibrations that reflect nothing but wonders,

Her voice deepens with every height she reach’

Sharpened in the spine of every speech.

Her voice gets louder as the vocal cords grow wider,

Penetrating through dimensions like a path finder,

Echoing through space and times

Compelled by ignorant minds.

Her voice awakens the deaf with larger ears

And puts to sleep loud mouths with smaller ears.

Hear her voice as she’s about to speak

And don’t let her silence say that she is weak.

Let her voice out this acquired volume of integrity,

Let her voice pierce through generations with simplicity.

Let her tone be comprehensive

And the melody as impressive.

Your voice has ripened through the ages

You can now soothe pains of all stages

Use your voice to change a nation

And watch as it rejoices from liberation.

Break the silence.

After studying Classical Socionics the analogy between emotions vs feeling painted by the famous Jungian scholar Van Der Hoop just happens to match pretty well Socionics Fi and Socionics Fe, so I would like to mention him. He said feelings are a plastic and condensed system of emotions but not emotions themselves since these don't have a direct participation in the ego. Feelings are "... a certain attitude developing under the influence of feeling." We can say that feelings are a certain kind of attitude toward the environment. Van Der Hoop also mentioned how "feelings express something of more or less constant worth to us. From the many forms of contact with the world, our feelings selects those which have a certain personal significance for us, and seeks to guard and elaborate them. Feelings are not only emotional attitudes, but attitudes to which we cling, and which we cultivate". While in Jungian theory the scholars didn't deal with emotions (which are part of Socionics Fe), they still write text which could be helpful for us to understand the distinction between Fe (emotions, moods) and Fi (feelings) in Socionics. I would recommend to all people curious to learn more about the difference between emotions vs feeling (people often use these words interchangeably which I believe can lead to a lot of confusion when we start dealing with the concepts of emotions and feelings in Socionics), to check out chapter 5 - "Feeling and feeling types" from the book "Conscious Orientation".

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SCS linktree: https://linktr.ee/schoolofclassicalsocionics