Which set of philosophies should I study if I want to become an übermensch master manipulator?
Ayn Rand?
Nietzsche?
Stoicism
Absurdism
Hedonism
>>1359136
If that line of thinking interests you, objectivism or existentialism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlatan
philosophy won't make you a master of any of that. It can give you life goals and ideal, but won't turn you into a schemer, its not social psychology.