“Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.” - Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645, legendary Japanese swordsman
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” - Aristotle (384-322 BC, Greek philosopher)
“Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.” - Sun Tzu (c. 490 BC, Chinese military strategist)
“Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.” – Herodotus (5th century BC Greek historian)
Friday, August 15, 2008
Ancient Quotes, Contemporary Strategic Truths
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About the quote from SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR, whoever translated the book certainly did a phenomenal job! Even I, a Chinese, found it's easier to understand the English version than the original as that was written in ancient Chinese.
Also, I found it's interesting that the sentence you quote only has 12 characters in the original version - amazing how the language works. :)
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