preface

PART 1: Nine Types of Seducers
CHARACTER 1: Siren, the One Who Brings Liberation and Freedom
CHARACTER 2: Lake, a man with a dangerous passion
CHARACTER 3: An ideal lover who awakens forgotten dreams
CHARACTER 4: A free-spirited dandy
CHARACTER 5: Natural and pure like a child
CHARACTER 6 The Heart-Shaking Coquette
CHARACTER 7 A fun and comfortable charmer
CHARACTER 8 A charismatic person with a mysterious air
CHARACTER 9 A star you can't help but look up to
CHARACTER 10 People who don't know how to seduce
CHARACTER 11 People who are easily tempted

PART 2: 24 Strategies of Seduction
STEP 1 Stimulate interest and desire ┃ Separation
STRATEGY 1: Choose a tempting person ┃ Select a target
STRATEGY 2: Get close enough to feel safe ┃ Keep your distance
STRATEGY 3 Familiarity is the enemy of temptation ┃ Creating the mood
STRATEGY 4 Act in a way that makes you seem like someone everyone loves ┃ Create competition
STRATEGY 5 Your greatest anxiety is your greatest weakness ┃ Stimulation
STRATEGY 6: Avoid direct speech ┃ Hints
STRATEGY 7: Imitate the other person's actions ┃ Mirror
STRATEGY 8 Focus on your partner's deepest desires ┃ Focus

STEP 2: Disorientation ┃ Isolation
STRATEGY 9 Unpredictable behavior sparks curiosity ┃ Attitude
STRATEGY 10 Ambiguity Becomes a Weapon ┃ Language
STRATEGY 11 The smallest expressions are the most provocative ┃ Expression
STRATEGY 12 The biggest obstacle to temptation is mediocrity ┃ Idealization
STRATEGY 13: Expose Your Weakness to Elicit Compassion ┃ Disarm
STRATEGY 14 Emotions Paralyze Reason ┃ Illusion
STRATEGY 15 Make them feel like they're the only two people in the world ┃ Isolation

STEP 3: Make it impossible to escape ┃ Accelerate
STRATEGY 16 Prove your sincerity to the other person ┃ Chivalry
STRATEGY 17 Stimulate the opponent's protective instinct ┃ Dependence
STRATEGY 18 Share your guilt by doing secret things together ┃ Bonding
STRATEGY 19 Make them feel like they share your spiritual nobility ┃ Charge
STRATEGY 20 Act in a way that makes the other person feel insecure because of you ┃ Fear mongering

STEP 4 Make them kneel ┃ The final blow
STRATEGY 21 Make Your Opponent Believe You're Seducing Them ┃ Reversal
STRATEGY 22 No Moral Standards ┃ Bait
STRATEGY 23 Bold Action Disarms the Opponent ┃ Surprise Attack
STRATEGY 24 You shouldn't be considered a person who is just there for you ┃ Summary

NOTE A: A good situation for seduction ┃ NOTE B: How to captivate the public
Acknowledgments ┃ References

A textbook on strategy devoured by 2 million readers worldwide
The most captivating life guide from Robert Greene, author of The Art of War and The Laws of Power.
“If you don’t pull yourself together, someone else will pull you together.”

The power of seduction comes not from objective beauty, but from the ability to penetrate and take control of the other person's heart.
Seduction is not a power that is obtained by pushing and suppressing, but a fantastic power that makes you kneel of your own accord.
Robert Greene, who has been called the "modern Machiavelli" for his life and business strategies for modern people through "The Art of War" and "The Laws of Power," once again demonstrates his true worth through the power of seduction, which is more powerful and subtle than power.

In uncertain and unstable times, what is needed is not a strategy to become a one-shot winner, but to remain a sustainable powerhouse.
The era of the victor who fights, steals, and suppresses is over.
Those who can win hearts and captivate others are the ones who can remain truly strong.
So, regardless of who you are or who your opponent is, this book is not a strategy to defeat and destroy others, but rather a textbook on elegant seduction that will help you master yourself and cultivate a seductive power from within, leading to elegant victory in life and business.


Love, politics, business, war… …
Although their goals were different, their strategy was the same: seduction.

How can I win the hearts of voters, how can I become not only a competent leader but also a respected boss, how can I win the heart of my lover… … If I can just get the other person to give me what I want, then that is the best strategy.
And throughout 3,000 years of history, there are people who have mastered the secrets of that strategy.

When we think of temptation, we often think of Cleopatra, Bathsheba, and the great womanizers Casanova and Don Juan.
Of course, these are excellent seduction strategists.
However, if we look back at history through the lens of seduction strategies, the ups and downs of history, the rise and fall, and the outstanding successes have inevitably left behind great seducers and their victims.

The Art of Seduction is a collection of Greek and Roman myths, from Paris and Helen to Zhou Enlai and John F.
From the modern era when Kennedy captivated the public, to the seductive women Salome and the Seraph of the End, to the artists of seduction, Andy Warhol and Charlie Chaplin, this book delves into the decisive moments of seduction's success and failure, revealing 24 strategies for mastering the secret and elegant power that moves the world.


“Don’t fight and take it away.
“Make him kneel down!”
A complete book of strategy, containing all the offensive and defensive techniques of the game of seduction.

Casanova's strategy, which had never failed in love, was simple.
He figured out what his partner wanted as an ideal type, and he provided a risky romance for women who needed adventure, and a dignified and refined partner for women who needed serious conversation.

A Casanova-like seducer is an 'ideal lover', someone who makes it seem as if his dreams are coming true.
In this way, the strategy of seduction changes depending on what the other person wants and your own temperament.
Seduction requires meticulous strategy and temperament, and "The Art of Seduction" analyzes each type of seducer in detail, guiding readers to hone their own strengths.

But there are people who are born with a temperament that ruins temptation.
If I don't have the temperament of a seducer, should I just give up? Robert Greene argues that if you can't be a winner, you should at least avoid being a loser.
This book, which also contains a surprising weapon to protect me from those who try to seduce me, is a test that coldly evaluates me, and at the same time, it is a book on life's strategy that perfectly contains the offensive and defensive strategies of the game of seduction.