1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.
2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
3. The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.
4. These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.
5,6. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger.
7. Heaven signifies night and day, cold and heat, times and seasons.
8. Earth comprises distances, great and small; danger and security; open ground and narrow passes; the chances of life and death.
Dylan Bailey
9. The Commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerely, benevolence, courage and strictness.
10. By method and discipline are to be understood the marshaling of the army in its proper subdivisions, the graduations of rank among the officers, the maintenance of roads by which supplies may reach the army, and the control of military expenditure.
11. These five heads should be familiar to every general: he who knows them will be victorious; he who knows them not will fail.
12. Therefore, in your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise:–
13. (1) Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law? (2) Which of the two generals has most ability? (3) With whom lie the advantages derived from Heaven and Earth? (4) On which side is discipline most rigorously enforced? (5) Which army is stronger? (6) On which side are officers and men more highly trained? (7) In which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment?
14. By means of these seven considerations I can forecast victory or defeat.
15. The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat:–let such a one be dismissed!
Josiah Williams
I am the Lord your God, thou shall have no other gods before me. Thou shall not make any graven images of things above the Earth or on the Earth or beneath the Earth or worship them. Thou shalt not use the Lord's name in vain. Remember to keep the Sabbath day holy. In so doing you declare the Lord to be the creator of all things and that he is the redeemer of his people Honor and get on with thy father and mother so you will have a long good life Thou shall not kill people Thou shall not commit adultery Thou shall not steal Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour Thou shall not covet anything of thy neighbour's or anything else as well.
Mason Torres
Yes and how do I apply this to a modern setting
Logan Parker
It depends on the situation
Sebastian Peterson
I too have listened to Sabaton, OP.
Easton Perez
At the time, and in his culture, he was right. Sine the rest of what he said logically depends upon the truth of this first statement, it too was correct. That time, and that culture, is now long gone, and the initial statement upon which the others depend is now false. Therefore the entire presentation as a whole is false even though some of the elements contained therein may still be true for other reasons which have not been elaborated.
Colton Morales
= since
Brayden Anderson
How is it difference now? Is the same shit with cellphones.
