Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene

The Laws of Human Nature examines the motives and patterns Robert Greene sees behind human behavior. Historical portraits, including Pericles, Elizabeth I and Martin Luther King Jr., support discussions of emotion, empathy, conformity and self-control.

Greene offers ways to observe oneself and others more carefully in work and relationships. His laws are interpretive principles for personal and social understanding, not literal scientific laws or a clinical assessment of any individual.