The Art of Seduction | Robert Greene | Maybe "All is fair in love and war"?

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The Art of Seduction

	The Art of Seduction Robert Greene Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 - 467 pages average customer review:based on 232 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Maybe "All is fair in love and war"?

Some reviewers didn't like this book, arguing that seduction, as the author paints it, is manipulative, and so immoral. They say the author's is a dark art: it is not only itself bad, but never leads to happy, lasting relationships. Some readers liked this book in SPITE of considering it immoral, by admiring the author's dazzling command of both the endless intricacies of seduction, as well as its long history. Others in this camp gave it a backhanded compliment: "This book showed me how to protect myself from the cunning seducers out there". Finally, some reviewers, myself included, liked this book because they believe in some form of the adage: "All's fair in love and war".
To me, the methods of love and war, are in and of themselves neither good nor bad. Both can bring either misery or freedom. So to claim seduction itself is bad, is like saying that all war is bad, because its methods are destructive.
You may believe, as I do, that SOMETIMES, "the end justifies the means" (as Machiavelli famously claimed in "The Prince"). If a seduction leads to a lasting, happy relationship (and the author recounts seductions where this was indeed the outcome--Pamela Churchill's seduction of Averell Harriman, and Benjamin Disraeli's over Queen Victoria), then seduction can be used to happy, even virtuous, ends. If a seduction leads to evil (as did Rasputin's in Tsarist Russia) then such a seduction,regardless of methods, is itself evil. Finally, sometimes seduction can cause so much "collateral damage", that one may judge it wrong regardless of its aims (e.g. the ruinous and cynical giant deception that Potemkin used to seduce the Empress Catherine).
So, if you like exploring the myriad gray areas of both the art and aims of seduction, and if you like a fascinating historical and psychological read, then don't be daunted by those who paint the art of power and influence in two colors: black and white!

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beuatifully written

AOS is a book not only of how to, but full of interesting stories that can captivate ones mind. I'm typically a guy who loves to read self help psychology books, but I was fascinated by the stories in this book. It made me realize more about past people that I never would of guessed. I never really knew that Cleopatra was a seductive siren whore. I loved this book, and I'll read it again when I have nothin else to read.

learning something new

Robert Greene is great at giving examples and historical stories on his topics great book.

Everyone Must Read

Let's face it. People WANT to be seduced. The book just makes you aware of WHY the techniques you already employed were effective and WHEN to use them. As a female, I saw glimmers of my past relationships throughout the book. You really cannot hope to keep a relationship (even with good intentions) without retaining seductive tactics. Once your tactics become more innocent, men become bored and search for someone else to seduce them. Whether or not you want to admit it, you have used some of these tactics before or you may have just been single for too long. Men, women, children, animals all want what they can't have. Learn to seduce. Read the book. Forget sex. The most important thing here is elluding to sex to maintain interest and enthusiasm.

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History, Psychology, and Philosophy rolled into one.

Robert Greene is a highly talented writer. He uses history and psychology to back up his overall philosophy. The Art of Seduction is interesting both for its many stories and for the alternative philosophy.

Every reader will learn much about themselves in these pages, even if they choose to repress the part of themselves that Mr. Greene is trying to set free from the restrictive morality imposed on us by others. As the author reminds us, morality is just another effective tactic used by people to achieve their own goals.

That being said, a bit of common sense should be used. This book is an excellent starting point; and a great way to stir up thoughts in your brain, but the end result has to come from your own inflection.

I highly recommend this and other Robert Greene titles to everybody that has ever been born, ever.

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