Robert Greene Book recommendations

Robert Greene Book recommendations

3 Books that will change your life - by Robert Greene

Here are three books that had a great impact on Robert Greene’s life.

1. The prince - Niccolo Machiavelli

   Looks at human beings like the animals we are. Analyze it without all the usual guilt or moralism. Presenting us as we are. It has style, clarity, pragmatism, and the beautiful language.

2. The history of the Peloponnesian war - Thucydides

   Teaches the ultimate mental discipline.

   You would wish there are just a handful of writers today like Thucydides - with that kind of clarity, logic, analytical ability.

3. It is a series of books written in the 60s.

   Carlos Castaneda.

   Journet to Ixtlan.

In addition to these, there are about 8 books by Friedrich Nietzsche. There are books by Dostoevsky.

Another recommendation by Robert Greene:

The Fall of Public Man by Richard Senate.

In the book, he describes Cafe Life, in London or France in the 18th century. Back then, when you entered the public arena or your cafe, you knew you were an actor. You left the house, you put on a mask, and you had fun. When we are children, we like playing games, putting on costumes and play your parents or some characters you see on TV. It is part of human nature. We like to play these games. In the old days, it is just a given in life - when you enter the public realm, you knew you were an actor. And when you went home to your wife, husband, family, you drop the mask and breathe a deep sigh of relief and be who you are. And it wasn’t a problem. It didn’t create neuroses. The problem now is, we don’t have distance from that social realm. And we act in some way and we think thats who we are. In truth, that act is just part of being a social animal.