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The 48 laws of power
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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this bestselling work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. As attention-grabbing in its design as it is in content,...
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this bestselling work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. As attention-grabbing in its design as it is in content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers.
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- Creator
- Robert Greene
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- First edition
- New York : Viking, 1998
- Physical Details
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- xxiii, 452 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0670881465, 9780670881468, 9780140280197, 0140280197
- OCLC
- ocm39733201
- "A Joost Elffers production."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-432) and index.
- Law 1: never outshine the master -- Law 2: never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies -- Law 3: conceal your intentions -- Law 4: always say less than necessary -- Law 5: so much depends on reputation- guard it with your life -- Law 6: court attentionat all cost -- Law 7: get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit -- Law 8: make other people come to you-use bait if necessary -- Law 9: win through your actions, never through arguement -- Law 10: Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky -- Law 11: learn to keep people dependent on you -- Law 12: Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim -- Law 13: when asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, never totheir mercy or gratitude -- Law 14: pose as a friend, work as a spy -- Law 15: crush your enemy totally -- Law 16: use absence to increase respect and honor -- Law 17: keep others in suspended terror: cultivate an air of unpredictability -- Law 18: do not build fortresses to protect yourself-isolation is dangerous -- Law 19: know who you're dealing with- do not offend the wrong person -- Law 20: do not commit to anyone -- Law 21: play a sucker to catch a sucker-seem dumber than your mark -- Law 22: use the surrender tactic: transform weakness into power -- Law 23: concentrate your forces -- Law 24: play the perfect courtier -- Law 25: re-create yourself -- Law 26: keep your hands clean -- Law 27: play on people's need to believe to create a cultlike following -- Law 28: enter action with boldness -- Law 29: paln all the way to the end -- Law 30: make your accomplishments seem effortless -- Law 31: control the options: get others to play with the cards you deal -- Law 32: plat to people's fantasies -- Law 33: discover each man's thumbscrew -- Law 34: be royal in your own fashion: act like a king to be treated like one -- Law 35: master the art of timing -- Law 36: disdain things that you cannot have: ignoring them is the best revenge -- Law 37: create compelling spectacles -- Law 38: think as you like but behave like others -- Law 39: stir up waters to catch fish -- Law 40: despise the free lunch -- Law 41: avoid stepping into a great man's shoes -- Law 42: strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter -- Law 43: work on the hearts and minds of others -- Law 44: disarm and infuriate them with the mirror effect -- Law 45: preach the need for change, but never reform too much at once -- Law 46: never appear too perfect -- Law 47: do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop -- Law 48: assume formlessness