For further food for thought on Te and Fe (so, Je), here's the ultimate representation of how Te manifests for me (so, analogies can be drawn between this and Fe, since I'm definitely not qualified to be a spokesperson for Fe, haha).
With Te, I often find myself thinking "Will this person understand what logical point I'm trying to make if I don't connect the dots for them?" I'm inclined to draw connections of a logical nature blatantly between various elements in my communication and actively engage in tweaking another person's logic so we can arrive at a similar point of understanding - my motivations, of course, are largely subconscious in the process - it's not like I'm consciously thinking that "I need to formulate my statement in a way will make me more universally understood" - this is just the way that the Te cognitive function manifests, although for me, it's the agent of Ni, so it's to help other's "get" where I'm coming from and my subjective thought-processes and their potential for validity. Also, about Te types appealing to authorities, this probably has to do with how Te is about logically "spelling it out" for people, so they'll point to outside sources as an additional way to help people get on board with their reasoning. Te doesn't have to do this (I know I don't much), but it's goals could depend on this, particularly if the Te type is struggling to convey their subjective impression-based understanding of something from their Si or Ni, depending on the TJ type (since the Pi functions either lead or support Te and are predominate in the reasoning of these types). I think this is why Te dominants are stereotyped as "arrogant" - due to how they tend to approach helping people learn by spelling everything out for them logically, although they are actually much more fair in how they apply Te than Te inferior types, who tend to be dogmatic with it. (so, a bulk of the EXTJ "arrogant" stereotypes come from inferior Te projections, since when they resort to heavy-duty Te, it's as a form of self defense against their personal values being violated, so they'll probably project how "underestimating everyone else's logic for violating their own values in some way" is arrogant (it can be selfish), and under the assumption that Te doms operate the same way, the projection will be on them, that that's their motivation, when it isn't normally). In me, Te comes across as me lecturing like a college professor, LOL (this is what my dad always says - "There she goes, giving another lecture." - he's an ISTJ btw.)