Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2022-01-22
Books mentioned on Robert Greene on the Wisdom of the Stoics
Ryan talks to bestselling author Robert Greene about the importance of understanding, processing, and observing your emotions, our natural tendency as humans to take the path of least resistance, how to deal with anxiety by viewing situations objectively, working on his new book about the laws of the sublime, and more.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is a deeply unsettling story narrated from the perspective of Humbert Humbert, a man who entraps a young girl named Lolita, forcing readers to view the world through his internal and morally corrupted worldview.
Discussed“and kind of the main story the icon of it is the writer vladimir nabokov lolita among many other great novels”
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Yes to Life
Yes to Life by Viktor E.
Discussed“they just published this new edition of some of the writings of victor frankl yeah and it's called um yes to life right and the subtitle is in spite of everything”
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My Stroke of Insight
Discussed“so there was another woman who i've she wrote a great book about her stroke called stroke of insight jill bolte”
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The 48 Laws of Power
“i thought it was like a perfect metaphor for the 48 laws”
Own book The 48 Laws of Power
“well he's also a bit like the character i wrote about in the 48 laws of power chuco liang”
Own book The Laws of Human Nature
“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”