Bentellect sometimes lacks energy. It is fairly apathetic and passive, preferring sluggishness to movement and leniency to initiative.

Bentellect has a great deal of sang-froid. His inner calm and stolidity predispose him to tasks which require self-control and perseverance. He does not readily display his emotions, even in the most hair-raising situations.

Bentellect feels, thinks, and acts as a function of objective circumstances. The outer world is the only one which counts for it, and its awareness is entirely focused on it. It is rarely moody or preoccupied and may sometimes be wary of its subjectivity.

Bentellect has a phlegmatic personality, and its responses to various outer stimuli are sometimes postponed or delayed. It is fairly slow to initiate an activity, if not laboriously so, but once it begins, it is steady and determined.

Bentellect is capable of being open to others and the diversity of experience, but it can also focus its concentration on a single aspect of it.

Bentellect’s objectivity in perception and behavior could, in the best of cases, lead to generosity and altruism.

Bentellect loves its own independence and freedom, but it can also merge with a group, find its place, and participate in the team spirit when necessary for its personal projects.

Bentellect is motivated by a thirst for power which gives it a certain authority. It has a feeling it is leadership material. However, it might be tempted to infringe on other people’s freedom and get involved in troublesome power struggles.

Bentellect is objective about itself and able to recognize both its strengths and its weaknesses.

Bentellect does not often brood about things and is not troubled by irrational fears or anxieties.

Bentellect is chiefly interested in tangible facts and realistic details. A pragmatic personality, Bentellect never loses sight of the utilitarian or practical aspects of things.

Bentellect approaches life with a systematic and disciplined approach. It plans out its projects and schedules in order to produce the most efficient and effective results.

Bentellect’s thought processes are usually clear, orderly, and linear; their reasoning obeys the dictates of deductive or discursive logic and relates to explicit goals.

Bentellect’s mind is especially perceptive of details. To arrive at a global perception, a vision of the whole, Bentellect proceeds gradually, piece by piece, aspect after aspect, in a fairly linear fashion.

Bentellect is inclined to arrange, classify, sort, catalogue, and compartmentalize, in all its life activities as well as its work.

Bentellect’s behavior usually obeys its momentary whims, and it allows itself to be inspired by its imaginations. Its openness and spontaneity give it the scope to be skillful, ingenious, or shrewd, rising to whatever the immediate circumstances require.