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What does /lit/ think about Robert Greene? Do his works hold water? Surely various rappers wouldn't buy into a facile, exploitative doctrine, right?

>> No.7407604

Ne?
Ne ne?
Ne ne neeeeee~?

>> No.7407887
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>>7407465
To be honest, he's probably one of the few "self-help" authors that creates anything worth reading.

>> No.7407913

>>7407887
I see where you're coming from, Mac. You two, along with Sun

>> No.7407924 [DELETED] 

If I could choose just one book to give a tween/teen, it would be "Mastery", so yes, absolutely.

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>>7407465
I know it's a meme but good rhetoric and persuasion really does start with the Greeks. There are many dialogues to study.

>> No.7408014

>>7407936
>There are many dialogues to study.
like?

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>>7408014
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/plato/

>> No.7408049

>>7408014
Rhetoric by Aristotle.

>> No.7408054

>>7408049
>aristotle
>dialogues

>> No.7408062

>>7408049
Rhetorica ad Herennium - Cicero
Start with the Romans