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The Art of Seduction
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The Art of Seduction (2001) (edit title/settings)

by Robert Greene (Author) (edit contributors)

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This mesmerizing exploration of the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power is a masterful analysis of civilization's greatest seducers, from Cleopatra to JFK, as well as the classic literature of seduction from Freud to Kierkegaard and Ovid to Casanova. Robert Greene once again... read more

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We all have the power of attraction-the ability to draw people in and hold them in our thrall.

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Acknowledgments
Preface

Part One : The Seductive Character:
- The Siren
- The Rake
- The Ideal Lover
- The Dandy
- The Natural
- The Coquette
- The Charmer
- The Charismatic
- The Star
- The Anti-Seducer

The Seducer's Victims - The Eighteen Types

Part Two : The Seductive Process

Phase One: Separation - Stirring Interest and Desire
1. Choose the Right Victim
2. Create a False Sense of Security - Approach Indirectly
3. Send Mixed Signals
4. Appear to Be an Object of Desire- Create Triangles
5, Create a Need - Stir Anxiety and Discontent
6. Master the Art of Insinuation
7. Enter Their Spirit
8. Create Temptation

Phase Two: Lead Astray - Creating Pleasure and Confusion
9. Keep Them in Suspense - What Comes Next?
10. Use the Demonic Power of Words to Sow Confusion
11. Pay Attention to Detail
12. Poeticize Your Presence
13. Disarm Through Strategic Weakness and Vulnerability
14. Confuse Desire and Reality - The Perfect Illusion
15. Isolate the Victim

Phase Three: The Precipice - Deepening the Effect Through Extreme Measures
16. Prove Yourself
17. Effect a Regression
18. Stir Up the Transgressive and Taboo
19 Use Spiritual Lures
20 Mix Pleasure with Pain

Phase Four: Moving In for the Kill
21 Give Them Space to Fall - The Pursuer is Pursued
22 Use Physical Lures
23 Master the Art of Bold Move
24 Beware the Aftereffects

Appendix A : Seductive Environment/Seductive Time
Appendix B: Soft Seduction : How to Sell Anything to the Masses
Selected Bibliography
Index

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  1. Robert Greene (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Adult
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Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0670891924
Page Count: 496

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