It’s not all pretty stuff. Basically, it’s a guide to observing the workings of your personality so that you aren’t a prisoner to psychological habits and weakness.
You will see yourself in this tome many times over, and if you’re following Greene’s instructions to be honest with yourself, to assess who you are, it can be a damning experience and slightly disheartening in parts.įor example, take these chapter headings: See Through People’s Masks, Get to Know Your Dark Side, Beware the Fragile Ego, Make Them Want to Follow You, Become an Elusive Object of Desire. The writing is engaging and the ideas are fascinating, but it’s hard not to feel a little bad when you’re faced with such an incisive examination of human nature. Truth be told, it’s a slightly painful read, and not just because it’s a long book. And he tells the tales of cultural heroes and demons throughout time to show how their tendencies were used positively or negatively, or both. He argues that, as social animals, it is essential to understand our own motivations and those of our associates in order to function more effectively. 23, Greene provides 588 pages on 48 aspects of humanity through the lens of history, philosophy, psychology, and wisdom to explain how people behave. Which is why Greene’s new book is big. In The Laws of Human Nature, published on Oct.
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