Book · 2018 · Self-actualization (Psychology)
The Laws of Human Nature
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That's one of the best books I've ever read, The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene.
Andrew Wilkinson · My First Million · Nov 2023 Listen at 1:00:21 What they say about it
- Reading the book“i'm in the middle of reading Human Nature”4
- Length of the book“it is a long book”4
The best things said about it
I loved The Laws of Human Nature, I read the whole thing in about a week, devoured it.
I'm reading this amazing book called Human Nature, I've been reading it for a long time for like six months and it's very dense.
Just as The Laws of Human Nature should not be—The Laws of Human Nature is a 600-page book about, you know, everything that makes humans both rational and irrational; that should not be a commercially viable book, you know? Especially for someone who, again, it’s not like he’s a—you know, Adrian would turn it down.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Nov 2023 I would say if you read 48 Laws of Power, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature, you could read those three books over and over.
Andrew Wilkinson Never Enough · Mar 2024 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene is an exhaustive examination of human psychology, social behavior, and the underlying motivations that drive people's actions. Ryan Holiday recommended the book on The Daily Stoic as a key entry in Greene's literary body of work. Andrew Wilkinson championed the title across multiple episodes of Never Enough and My First Million, describing it as one of the best books he has ever read and highlighting its practical insights into generational patterns and human behavior. Sam Parr also discussed reading the dense volume on My First Million, explaining how it helped him learn to master his emotions and better handle interpersonal dynamics. Jordan Harbinger recommended that listeners check out the publication through his show notes, while Shaan Puri and David Senra referenced the book's core premise on separate podcast episodes to illustrate that human nature remains fundamentally consistent and that most people rarely change. Across these various platforms, podcast hosts and guests consistently praised the title for offering deep, unflinching psychological clarity that helps readers better understand themselves and the complex social world around them.
Every mention
Andrew Wilkinson there's a really good Robert Green book called the laws of human nature have you read that no not you you g… 4
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“there's a really good Robert Green book called the laws of human nature have you read that no not you you got to read it”
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“I would say if you read 48 Laws of Power Mastery and the laws of human nature you could read those three books over and over”
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“and he has this other book book called human nature and he's like why should you study human because very rarely do people change ... that's one of the best that's one of the best books I've ever read the laws of human nature by Robert Green uh I just got the audio book and I just keep listening to”
Discussed
“And when I was reading this, I'm in the middle of reading Human Nature by Robert Greene. The reason Have you heard of that? It's an amazing book. I've been reading that, too. Have you really? Wow. Isn't it crazy? It's so good. Yes. It's so everything he does is great. And the reason The laws of human nature, isn't”
Ryan Holiday It's one lesson a day from all of his books. 33 Strategy of War, Laws of Human Nature, 48 Laws of Power, Ar… 7
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“It's one lesson a day from all of his books. 33 Strategy of War, Laws of Human Nature, 48 Laws of Power, Art of Seduction, Mastery.”
Discussed
“Just as The Laws of Human Nature should not be—The Laws of Human Nature is a 600-page book about, you know, everything that makes humans both rational and irrational; that should not be a commercially viable book, you know? Especially for someone who, again, it’s not like he’s a—you know, Adrian would turn it down.”
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“Robert encapsulates something about human nature, which he also talks about in The Laws of Human Nature, which is that instead of accepting or realizing that things are the way they are, we'd rather deny and blame certain people for them.”
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“like uh Robert Greene uh summarized his book The Law of human nature which is like uh that we deny there is such a thing as human nature”
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“so this is the new book the daily laws”
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“like i was talking to a football player actually he plays at alabama and he was he had heard that the laws of human nature was really good and i thought that's probably to me that's like advanced class”
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“and i think is you so you mentioned that the laws of human nature is 600 pages so there's a percentage of the population that could read a 600 page book”
Jordan Harbinger we're gonna link to it at the show it is a long book we can't possibly go over everything 5
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“I loved the laws of human nature I read the whole thing in about a week devoured it”
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“when I look at the laws of human nature there is a lot of that but I look at it as if we don't understand these laws”
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“and in the laws of human nature you discussed look the person you're meeting the person you're interacting with”
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“we're gonna link to it at the show it is a long book we can't possibly go over everything”
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“but when I read the laws of human nature I went this is what he's doing”
Sam Parr the first is so i'm reading this amazing book called human nature i've been reading it for a long time for… 2
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“like I've read Robert Green has this book called human nature and he tells a story about how like some of the earliest writing on walls was a generation complaining about the generation after them that they were lazy”
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“the first is so i'm reading this amazing book called human nature i've been reading it for a long time for like six months and it's it's very dense”
Chris Williamson I've also had Robert Greene the guy that wrote for yet lost power and mastery and laws of human nature and… 3
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“I've also had Robert Greene the guy that wrote for yet lost power and mastery and laws of human nature and stuff like that”
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“recently had Robert Greene on talking about laws of human nature and your guys summary of that was a big big help in prepping it's a big old book”
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“I'm a massive fan of what we're talking about the laws of human nature today which is your new book as of October last year that script”
Shaan Puri What I've realized I I realized this when I read Robert Greene's book Human Nature, which is humans are hum… 3
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“What I've realized I I realized this when I read Robert Greene's book Human Nature, which is humans are humans.”
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“and I was reading this book human nature by Robert Greene Ben I don't know if you've read this snap maybe you could tell me but I'm almost positive somewhere in this book I that they said that one of the very first bits of written lang language that they found was of people complaining about the younger generation and”
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“and i'm actually um reading this book yeah the laws of human nature uh in order to like learn a little bit more”
Andrew Huberman And Laws of Human Nature, you've written a lot of books, my friend, is how we understand ourselves and othe… 1
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“And Laws of Human Nature, you've written a lot of books, my friend, is how we understand ourselves and others in the context of general principles.”
David Senra You know, Robert Green has this great book called Human Nature and he was like in general assume most peopl… 1
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“You know, Robert Green has this great book called Human Nature and he was like in general assume most people won't change.”
Jordan Peterson Mastery 2012. The laws of human nature 2018. 1
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“Mastery 2012. The laws of human nature 2018.”
Robert Greene and so that is the higher nature that all of us have is the potential and whenever you stop thinking about… 1
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“and so that is the higher nature that all of us have is the potential and whenever you stop thinking about yourself”
Steven Bartlett Robert you wrote a book about human nature in 2018 called the laws of human nature 1
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“Robert you wrote a book about human nature in 2018 called the laws of human nature”
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Other mentions (22: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“Robert Green is a renowned author of books such as The Laws of Human Nature, The 48 Laws of Power, and The Art of Seduction.”
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“In the laws of human nature, I talk about Aristotle Onassis, who in the 60s and 70s was the wealthiest man in the world. He was married to Jacqueline Onassis, the widow of John F. Kennedy, the most sought after woman in the world.”
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“Is envy always a bad thing or can it actually help you become successful? Well, in the laws of human nature, I have a chapter in envy in all of my books except this new one because it's a very powerful, motivating force.”
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“Well, you know, I wrote a book on on human nature, laws of human nature. It's about 560 pages, kind of dense, no imagery. It's kind of first glance, it looks incredibly intimidating.”
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“you know in in my book laws of human nature I talk about Aristotle Onasis who in the 60s was the wealthiest man in the world”
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“and I I talk in laws of human nature about strategies for doing that one of them is there's somebody that you Envy in the world”
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“I have a chapter in laws of human nature about the nature of your attitude creates your circumstances”
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“So let's say I'm writing a chapter um in in the laws of human nature on envy and the the story that I used for envy is about Mary Shel, the author of Frankenstein and that relationship with that woman who was very envious of her.”
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“Today's guest is Robert Greene, the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, and most recently of The Daily Laws.”
Passing
“Today's guest is Robert Greene, the author of The New York Times Best Sellers: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, and most recently, The Daily Laws.”
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“That's why you know, I write the wrote the book The Laws of Human Nature. It was because I understand that I shared the same flaws that I have narcissistic tendencies...”
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“That's why I wrote the book 'The Laws of Human Nature.'”
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“Robert Green is an author who has written more than five bestselling books including the 48 Laws of Power the laws of human nature and Mastery”
Passing
“Robert Greene is an author who has written more than five bestselling books, including The 48 Laws of Power, The Laws of Human Nature, and Mastery.”
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“Um I I go very deeply into the shadow in in a chapter in my last book, The Laws of Human Nature, and I try and talk about how one integrates the shadow because it's not it's not an easy answer for that.”
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“it's not natural for us to get outside of ourselves our natural position which is sort of what i talked about in human nature about our narcissism”
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“we have the laws of human nature”
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“and I have in the laws of human nature tons of advice about that”
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“author of as you can see here mastery laws of human nature the 48 laws of power the 33 strategies of war 50th law and the art of seduction”
Passing
“I've also had Robert Greene the guy that wrote for yet lost power and mastery and laws of human nature and stuff like that I don't know whether you know this but the reason that Robert Greene made 48 laws of power the way that he did he says that it is a cookbook with ingredients but not a recipe”
Passing
“I've got a lot of like the popular ones in there including laws of human nature of course and yes auntie Fraggle and all the ones on on made you think”
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“my book mastery and my new book the laws of human nature”