Robert Greene’s Favorite Books 📚
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Here are Robert Greene's most impactful books. These three book recommendations from Robert Greene changed his life:
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
What books have changed your life? Let me know in the comments below.
Robert Greene is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, and most recently of The Daily Laws.
In addition to having a strong following within the business world and a deep following in Washington, DC, Greene’s books are hailed by everyone from war historians to the biggest musicians in the industry (including Jay-Z, Drake, and 50 Cent).
Greene attended U.C. Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he received a degree in classical studies. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
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I read the teachings of Don Juan , it was amazing
What was your favorite lesson or quote from the book?
Oh yes, Carlos Castaneda❤❤❤
I’ve read them all. Some more than once or twice.❤❤❤❤
Wow glad to hear that!
2 questions:
1) What were your favorite takeaways from Journey to Ixtlan?
2) Any tips on reading the history of the Peloponnesian war? I have no background in this era of history and easily get lost with the book.
Wishing you all the best!
Wow I read Castaneda too so glad to hear this
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Thanx for sharing Robert
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Carlos Casteneda's books are amazing!
I certainly enjoyed, very different from what I normally read
The best I could make of this choppy video:
• Machiavelli’s “The Prince”
• Thucydides’s “History of the Peloponnesian War”
• Carlos Castaneda’s book about the teachings of don Juan supposedly mentions DJ wrote a book: “The journey to Ixtlàn”
After some googling I may return to edit this comment.
…Maybe.
Okay 👍
I always felt an underlying/underpining influence of 2 authors in his writings... 1)Balthazar gracian "the art of worldly wisdom" 2)Robert ringer "looking out for #1.. cheers!!!
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The prince? I have read that book and found that it teaches powerful people to be merciless, heartless,selfish and faithless
So you’re not a fan?
As I sweep the floor after my carpentry jobs, I always enjoy it, thinking of Don Juan's "flight of the eagle that leaves no trace..."
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wow! Las enseñanzas de Don Juan!!! Tengo que volverlo a Leer! va a ser interesante encontrar el link entre todos estos.
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I. Will order the next one very soon.
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lol he IS the modern day Machiavelli of course❤
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I also just just received the first one of your books.
Which book? 📕
Have u red anything from Sri Aurobindo? Castaneda is great
Nope, any specific recommendations?
@BookDevs Try with "The Human Cycle"
@@BookDevs or The Life Divine. That's his first, I think.
Show me in the animal kingdom a beast that stands upright and has an activated Pineal Gland, dreams in colors and can call things into form through thought. To name a few.
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The Spirits Book
The Mediums Book
The Heaven And Hell.
Who are the authors?
Nice
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Harold's Purple Crayon.
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in no particular order:
Mere Christianity, By C.S. Lewis.
The Necessity of Chivalry, by C.S. Lewis.
The meditation of Marcus Aurelius.
The Kyalion, The hermetic teaching.
Arthur Schopenhauer, Die Kunst, glücklich zu sein.
The Art of War, by Tzu Sun.
The Bhagavad Gita.
As A Man Thinketh, by James Allen.
The trivium and quadrivium, form the seven liberal arts.
The Bible.
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Is Machiavellis prince a satire ?
It teaches how a prince should take control and be brutal. Not a good read.
Not sure. I attempted to read it but found it difficult to understand
No, it's a book about governing a state. Originally, it was a book dedicated to Lorenzo De Medici by Machiavelli (Likely due to the fact that Machiavelli was trying to get back in the good graces of the Medici family who had regained power in Florence) that outlined advice for a new 'prince' who wants to maintain his newly earned power and even expand it. The book is divided into 26 different sections with each section giving advice to how a ruler should deal with various circumstances. Some examples include: "Different kinds of states and how to conquer them", "How to govern cities and states that were previously self-governing", "Cruelty and compassion. Whether it is better to be feared or loved", etc. For each section, Machiavelli includes examples throughout history where previous rulers dealt with similar circumstances and offers his own commentary on them.
The Prince, from the moment it was first released to the general Italian population in the 1500s up until today, has been a heavily villainized and, I believe, misunderstood book. Many of the criticisms are understandable as Machiavelli offers a perspective of ruling that completely disregards conventional moral norms. But you also have to keep in mind that at the time when The Prince was written, Italy was still a deeply divided country with outside forces constantly invading it (Such as France and Spain). Machiavelli wrote The Prince because he wished for Italy to return to its former glory and be a unified country again. In order for a leader to do that, Machiavelli believed that that leader needed to disregard the expected behaviors of a typical ruler and use extreme measures to achieve this goal.
It is a book that I highly recommend you read. In particular, I like the Tim Parks (Penguin Classics) translation as it's very accessible and very recent (2009)
Try the Bible.
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Wtf. Teaching of Don Juan is about shamans
It is certainly different from what I have read before!