The Law of the Sublime
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The Law of the Sublime has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including On Purpose with Jay Shetty. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Robert GreeneElizabethan writer credited with the 'upstart crow' pamphlet
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
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
Podcasts
- On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 1 episode
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.