Robert Greene-Laws of Human Nature

The summary I read is a good tease...

Has anyone read it? Naturally I'm hyped about a Greene book with great title...

But usually I find his books to be underwhelming once read

Any takers?

I heard about it. I didn't get to check it out though. I heard it was good. You must not liked the art of seduction?

I want to pay for it before I read it, otherwise I'll get pirate karma.

His two books I've read were good, but the ratio of good: o.k. I don't need this was not that great.

I'm not sure if this is a great long-term investment at this time, but maybe Grindr and stuff will have me buy it.

Is it bad karma to buy it second-hand? $ 30 is like a lot of food.

If I could get it for $ 8 used in ok condition great, but i want to be square with Robert Greene and the publishers, distributors, etc.

I'm gonna have to buy it new yeah I know

But is second-hand karma a thing? Like when women shop?

I love Taurus

Soon I will wield the keys of POWER like a Taurus

CUPIDA

So like we're tribal animals, and Greene is putting into focus the dynamics, in a relationship sense, between humans.

He's like Jane Gooddall but for people.

He doesn't go into the Chinese Zodic, at least not yet, but Ands' role is a protector or superhero of sorts.

I don't know Soul's Chinese Zodiac, and I imagine Solo is a tiger but I'm not sure.

Robert Greene is a Pig, so it makes sense he would self-indulge in this stuff, the manure, and then emerge from the plow a dictator (taurus) by writing it in a book for other tribesmen to use. I noticed he leaves the top buttons unbuttoned on his shirts.

I read a lot of it. It does get a bit overwhelming. I think the historical examples bulk it up too much. I would read it but excluding those first and then later delve into the historical stuff

Posted by Wizardzzz
I read a lot of it. It does get a bit overwhelming. I think the historical examples bulk it up too much. I would read it but excluding those first and then later delve into the historical stuff

Yes, I think from previous books he puts the historical lesson first, then he explains the law behind it.

My strategy might be to read the chapter, then re-read the historical example to see if it enhances the lesson. At least that way I can keep the law in mind while reading the historical example, which is what Greene does while writing, presumably.

I recognize Greene's first law when I take a day off from Threads

Comments in my notifications don't matter as much as if I'm always responding all day

By withdrawing, I collect my thought, and realize i don't care.

When I trigger other people, their emotions run wild and I tend to react to that—law 1— and that creates an emotional investment

There is the issue of parasocial relationships, like with Celebrities. I might feel a connection with them, even though I don't know Britney Spears or Danny Devito.

So I've gotten into demonology now...

the sigil concept sounds cool except its association with this stuff which i don't like

i guess what i'm saying is that animism in Christian superstition is quite fascinating

i'm not going to try conjuring demons, or my inner athena,

more God is the heirarch of spirits and i can channel them i guess, like my family spirits, but really God reigns supreme

...all this from the Narcissim chapter