Hi y'all - my ancestors were very familiar with Caesar's methods.... Veni, Vidi, Vici.
On Jan 5, 12:54 pm, CrossBow <[email protected]> wrote: > I may be one of the last people on Earth to read this thing, but I'm almost > through the Introduction section and hope someone else has in our group has > already read it... > > What got me to go ahead and read it was this passage that caught me on the > flip through... > > *"When Sun Tzu wrote, ware had become a dangerous business; the recouse when > other means had failed. The best policy, he says, is 'to atack the enemy's > plans'; the next best to disrupt his alliances, for 'to subdue the enemy's > army without fighting is the acme of skill'. This indicates his perception > that war was no longer a regulated pastime, but the ultimate instrument of > statecraft."* > > I am personally curious to how similar his methods were to Caesar's. Caesar > could'nt have read Sun Tzu due to the supposed time period of its > creation... but Napoleon did.... > > -- > gnothe se auton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
