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The Art of Seduction


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This mesmerizing exploration of the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power is a masterful analysis of civilization's greatest seducers, from Cleopatra to JFK, as well as the classic literature of seduction from Freud to Kierkegaard and Ovid to Casanova. Robert Greene once again identifies the rules of a timeless, amoral game and explores how to cast a spell, break down resistance, and, ultimately, compel a target to surrender. Presenting the timeless profiles of each type of seducer and the twenty-four maneuvers that will guide you step by step in the game of seduction, The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer of persuasion that reveals the timeless power of this age-old art.

 

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fontaine Said: The Art of Seduction ( Aug. 10th 2010 )

TAOS is one of my all time favorite books. Honestly, the people that review this book saying 'It's the tool of the devil' or what have you, are just not ready to take it in yet. You must be ready, open and read it with an objective POV. I have applied, most, if not all of the 'techniques' provided in this book, and they have all worked, with a little fine tuning of my own of course. This is just basic psychology tailored to suit the purpose of seducing. There are historical seduction stories scattered throughout the entire book, which adds a different feel to the book. I would recommend reading this slowly, allowing yourself to absorb it without making judgments. If nothing else, this book is highly entertaining, but if you think that it's a mastermind manual on how to destroy people, then we probably differ in our humor. Oh, one last thing, this is in no way like the creepy 'how-to' pick up artist manuals. If you're looking to just add notches onto your belt, then this book isn't for you. Anyone can do that, a monkey could do that. This takes time and diligence, but the pay off is well worth it.

Nicole Said: $17 for a kindle edition??? ( Jul. 7th 2010 )

Havent read this book because it's $17 on kindle... Are these people on crack?
Buying it on paperback is cheaper... under $11

Talib Said: Great Book ( Jul. 5th 2010 )

This is a great book, but be careful when reading it. The Art Of Seduction gives a great insight on relationships, and if your not careful you could find yourself using some of this art on your current better half. Any book this powerful deserves five stars.

Kim / Chicago girl Said: Amazing ( May. 21st 2010 )

I love this book. Another masterpiece! It's not a book you want to read quickly. You have to "savor" each and every page/concept. He is an author I find truly amazing.

J. Carpenter Said: The Devil Can Site Scripture For His Purposes--and history ( May. 3rd 2010 )

" I use the word amoral to describe them, as opposed to immoral," author Robert Greene stated in an interview about his international bestsellers.

Interesting distinction.

As one enters Mr. Greene's website for "The Art of Seduction" four maxims for seduction flash and disappear on the screen like the images shown to Warren Beatty in "The Parallax View":

Choose the Right Victim
Send Mixed Signals
Confuse desire and Reality
Create a False Sense of Security.

(The third is extremely odd since, again, in an interview, Mr.Greene stated, "If I could simplify the whole game of power and strategy in one equation, it would all hinge on the capacity to see events around you exactly as they are.")

Dig a little deeper into the website (and the book) and Greene lays down other rules of the art, which, as disturbingly predatory as they are, are rationalized as tutorials in self-protection: "If you know how others do these things, you'll be in a better position to protect yourself against those who employ such tactics." To take this argument to its logical extreme imagine a book with a dozen or so rules on how to launch a prostitution ring and recruit hookers so you'll be better able to insulate your own daughter or sister from the guile of pimps.

A few more of the moves to be mastered to become an arch-seducer:

Create a false sense of security
Stir anxiety and discontent
Create temptation
Use the demonic power of words to sow confusion
Use Spiritual Lures
Isolate the Victim.

Clearly, Robert Greene is dangerously confused about the practical and objective similarities between "amorality" and immorality.

Consider the following positions of two individuals:

The first: "It is immoral to act or speak in such a way to inflict pain on another human being solely for the purposes of satisfying one's own desires".
The second: "People do inflict pain on others for selfish reasons. I am not saying whether it is right or wrong; I will merely instruct you how to do it and leave the moral distinctions to you."

Mr. Greene's assertion that proposing strategies to manipulate another, confuse an individual, inflict psychological pain to whatever degree on someone, and create in another a distorted worldview
that gives him or her a false sense of security is something other than immoral does not even pass the laugh test.

It doesn't matter if the endgame is sex, power, or financial gain. Bernie Madoff is doing the equivalent of life plus 99 years because he was a grandmaster of seduction,

At the end of the day, however, the real problem-the ultimate moral problem with Mr.Greene's book--is that it is not about art but artiface--strategems, trickery, and the employment of base cunning to bend another's will to our own. Its quite telling that Mr. Greene trots some of history's most nefrarius figures as examples of "the art" mastered. Gandhi, Churchill, or Martin Luther King had nothing to say about psychological persuasion? (One need not even consider the obvious that in almost every human sexual encounter where the emotions run hot mixed singles are sent unconsciously, desire and reality almost always conflict, runaway hormones alternate between giving us profound feelings of security and insecurity, and the mating ritual is a marathon attempt to provoke temptation.

Save yourself a few bucks and pick up a used copy of Balthazar Gracian's "The Art of Worldly Wisdom" which Mr. Greene rarely mentions but which covers the same ground and would quite likely be as revelationary and transformative for some as this treatise on predation.