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Appeal to Ethos, Logos & Pathos – Rhetorical Techniques

According to Aristotle, there are three means to persuade in a debate or speech. Every argument we make can be attributed to one of these categories and knowing and mastering them is bound to give you the rhetorical advantage over your adversaries. The three modes of persuasion, explained in his book about Rhetoric are the…

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Machiavellianism Q&A Summary + Download

    To my magnificent readers! As requested, a condensed version of the Triple Question & Answer Session by IllimitableMan, Illacertus and Modern Machiavelli including a pdf to download. You can download the pdf below:   Modern Machiavelli – Triple QA of Power   Feel free to share the pdf, the whole article or parts of…

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The Craft of Power Summary #3

This is the final part of The Craft of Power Summaries. Credit goes to warped_mindless for his effort. Part #1 may be found here Part #2 may be found here The book is rare and expensive though available on both the Internet and Amazon. You can find it here. Written by Ralph Gun Hoy Siu.   Data…

Psychological Manipulation Techniques

A list of almost 200 psychological manipulation techniques in no particular order; to you, my magnificent reader. Most are aimed at getting people to do what you want, but some also protect you from being deceived.  5400 words.     I decided to leave out cognitive biases and fallacies since the posts is quite long…

Short Inspirational Quotes & Motivational Quotes for Work

After the dry academic post, an equalizer in the form of a Quote Post… To my magnificent, motivation thirsty readers: A collection of the best short inspirational quotes and motivational quotes for work. about motivation, discipline & success. As well as great quotes about life, sprinkled with positivity, stoicism, time-management and other wise old sayings and proverbs,…

The Craft of Power Summary #2

  This is Part 2 of 3 of The Craft of Power Summaries Part #1 can be found here Part #3 can be found here (in progress) The book is rare and expensive though available on both the Internet and Amazon. You can find it here. Written by Ralph Gun Hoy Siu.   The Craft of Power…

Dangers of Academic Papers – Machiavellianism in Politics – a Review

  As you know I am an advocate of academic research papers about the Dark Triad, Power, Machiavellianism & Psychology, and in this article I outline the dangers of said academic papers. WARNING! This is very dry (I am talking Sahara-I-want-to-drink-my-own-piss-Bear-Grylls-style-dry) and if you are looking for hands-on information, applicable to real life situations, I recommend you…

Triple Q&A of Power & Machiavellianism

  Welcome, this is a summary of the Triple Q&A commenced at the start of May, a day after Machiavelli’s birthday, featuring me, Illacertus and IllimitableMan on http://reddit.com/r/the48lawsofpower.   I have summarised the most valuable parts and separated them into the following categories: Business & Career Warfare Politics & Propaganda Charisma & Seduction Power, Philosophy,…

Happy Birthday Niccolò Machiavelli! (he gets a present)

Press Release for Niccolò Machiavelli’s Birthday:   3 Machiavellians unveil the Art of Power, Political Schemes & Social Dynamics 3rd of May, Niccolò Machiavelli’s 547th Birthday. To honour this occasion, 3 Machiavellian Masterminds elucidate Power, Political Schemes, Career Warfare, Deception & Social Interactions, at http://reddit.com/r/the48lawsofpower starting from Wednesday 04.05.2016 18:00 GMT +2.   The parties involved are as…

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