Robert Greene joins Barry Kibrick on 'Between the Lines' to discuss power dynamics, self-mastery, and key principles from 'The 48 Laws of Power.'
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Greene shares that he is working on a book about war and strategy that emphasizes taking full personal responsibility for one's life circumstances and rationally examining past mistakes without self-pity.
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4.7/5
reader rating · 90,409 ratingsRobert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power distills three thousand years of historical power dynamics into 48 discrete laws, drawing on the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz alongside case studies from figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. A New York Times bestseller that has sold over 1.2 million copies in the United States and been translated into 24 languages, it remains one of the most discussed and debated self-help books of its era — celebrated for its historical breadth and condemned in equal measure for its unapologetically amoral worldview.
Reviewed Mar 20, 2026
4.6/5
reader rating · 1,973 ratingsRobert Greene's The Laws of Human Nature is an ambitious, encyclopedic nonfiction work structured around 18 laws of human psychology and behavior, drawing on historical figures and philosophical traditions to argue that understanding — and mastering — the hidden forces driving human action is essential to navigating life, relationships, and power. It is a serious undertaking for patient, analytically inclined readers, though its neo-Machiavellian worldview and considerable length have drawn pointed criticism alongside a broad international following.
Reviewed Mar 15, 2026
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