The 48 Laws of Power
Selected Book Details
- Paperback
- Author: Robert Greene
- Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Release Date: September 2000
- ISBN-10: 0140280197
- ISBN-13: 9780140280197
- List Price: $20.00
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryAmoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention--grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), the virtue of stealth ("Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions"), and many demand the total absence of mercy ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally"), but like it or not, all have applications in real life. Illustrated through the tactics of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, P. T. Barnum, and other famous figures who have wielded--or been victimized by--power, these laws will fascinate any reader interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control. |
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Vapid self-help for the feckless
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Really, what else need be said? Just another vapid motivational self-help book.
About all that can be said in its favor is that it's cheaper than one of those multi-$1000 empowerment seminars that suckers go to, and that it's less dangerous than a half-baked New Age yuppie sweat lodge that kills people.
Empowering, Entertaining, and Informative
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This is Robert Greene's seminal text on influence. He takes readers on an enriching journey through history as he describes each component of power. The book is well researched, well organized and for the most part, easy to read. You can start anywhere in the book or read it cover to cover. My only complaint is its dubious morality, but I suppose that something the readers themselves must bring.
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This transaction was great! I received my book just as described and in reasonable time.
Great But Missing Important laws!
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Great book to bring to light some obvious laws of power and some overseen. Looks like the author used the missing law of power which is having professional vocabulary. But the author tells you laws at the start of each chapter then elaborates by going into a story of history explaining the law. But I recommend the book its a good read!
Hmm..
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This is one of those books that contains substantial truth, but shouldn't be treated as gospel. For example, there is the chapter on 're-inventing yourself' where he advises you to do everything you can to seem larger than life.
The example he gives for this chapter is the one of Julius Ceasar, who kept the people entertained with extravagant arena games and so forth.
Of course, as the author himself points out, Julius Ceasar ended up dead.
And that's the problem. As the author himself admits, these 'rules' can certainly backfire and, many would argue, almost always do.
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