What Robert Greene has said about The Law of the Sublime

2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 2, 2026

Robert Greene, Elizabethan writer credited with the 'upstart crow' pamphlet, has been quoted on The Law of the Sublime 2 times in 1 episode of On Purpose with Jay Shetty, most recently on November 2, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Greene recounts that his near-fatal stroke prompted him to finally write The Law of the Sublime, a book he had wanted to write for 20 years.
“I had wanted to write a book on the sublime 20 years ago, but I got distracted”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Robert Greene: The Surprising Reason You Feel Unhappy Even When Life Is “Good” (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 9:33
Greene describes the false sublime as effortless pseudo-transcendence from drugs, porn and spectacle, which leaves people empty.
“Drugs and sex and online porn, addictions, anything to feel like there's something else going on because you're bored are forms of the false sublime”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Robert Greene: The Surprising Reason You Feel Unhappy Even When Life Is “Good” (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:21:56

Episodes

Robert Greene: The Surprising Reason You Feel Unhappy Even When Life Is “Good”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Nov 2, 2026 · 1 h 31 min
Jay Shetty talks with author Robert Greene about his book The Law of the Sublime, purpose, boredom, envy, money, power, and confronting mortality.

In their words

Episodes

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