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Sun Wu-Tzu - The Art of War

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  Sun Tzu mastered the military science of ancient China and created the military doctrine of asymmetrical warfare. According to it, an attack on the enemy should begin only after the enemy has no opportunity to either defend or counterattack. Modern day life should be no different...everyone is your adversary. Laying Plans 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 signif...
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8 - THE CHALLENGER

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  Enneagram Type Eight The Powerful, Dominating Type: Self-Confident, Decisive, Willful, and Confrontational Type Eight in Brief Eights are self-confident, strong, and assertive. Protective, resourceful, straight-talking, and decisive, but can also be ego-centric and domineering. Eights feel they must control their environment, especially people, sometimes becoming confrontational and intimidating. Eights typically have problems with their tempers and with allowing themselves to be vulnerable.  At their Best : self- mastering, they use their strength to improve others' lives, becoming heroic, magnanimous, and inspiring. Basic Fear: Of being harmed or controlled by others Basic Desire: To protect themselves (to be in control of their own life and destiny) Enneagram Eight with a Seven-Wing: "The Maverick" Enneagram Eight with a Nine-Wing: "The Bear" Key Motivations:  Want to be self-reliant, to prove their strength and resist weakness, to be important in their...
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In Love - Enamorado

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    Today is a special day It is marked not by existence not by accolade, achievement or merit scarred by the endless bounds of time By the trials and tribulations along the path that molds ones soul captivated for a single waning moment by a passing melody Of frailty and loneliness It resembles the destruction known to well mocking the hearts weakness growing further away Fear its impossibility question its substance Its consumption is surreal Marred by memory of times past Perpetuated by the thought of missing the chance over and over in thought but unshaken at the challenge to rebuild from rampart to keep The fortress that will remain steadfast in its place founded on the truth of its reality awaken to the mistrels ballad of love and admiration for the carrier surging forward To end at a sovereign of peace Love Hoy es un día especial No está marcado por la existencia. no por elogio, logro o mérito marcado por los límites interminables del tiempo Por las pruebas y tribul...
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Aristotle - Foundations of Logic

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Logic -  Syllogistic Aristotle’s claim to be the founder of logic rests primarily on the Categories, the De interpretatione, and the Prior Analytics, which deal respectively with words, propositions, and syllogisms. These works, along with the Topics, the Sophistical Refutations, and a treatise on scientific method, the Posterior Analytics, were grouped together in a collection known as the Organon, or “tool” of thought. The Prior Analytics is devoted to the theory of the syllogism, a central method of inference that can be illustrated by familiar examples such as the following: Every Greek is human. Every human is mortal. Therefore, every Greek is mortal. Aristotle discusses the various forms that syllogisms can take and identifies which forms constitute reliable inferences. The example above contains three propositions in the indicative mood, which Aristotle calls “propositions.” (Roughly speaking, a proposition is a proposition considered solely with respect to its logical featu...
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The Bushido Code

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The Bushido Code By: Nitobe Inazo Here are Bushido’s Eight Virtues as explicated by Nitobe: I. Rectitude or Justice Bushido refers not only to martial rectitude, but to personal rectitude: Rectitude or Justice, is the strongest virtue of Bushido. A well-known samurai defines it this way: ‘Rectitude is one’s power to decide upon a course of conduct in accordance with reason, without wavering; to die when to die is right, to strike when to strike is right.’ Another speaks of it in the following terms: ‘Rectitude is the bone that gives firmness and stature. Without bones the head cannot rest on top of the spine, nor hands move nor feet stand. So without Rectitude neither talent nor learning can make the human frame into a samurai.’ II. Courage Bushido distinguishes between bravery and courage: Courage is worthy of being counted among virtues only if it’s exercised in the cause of Righteousness and Rectitude. In his ...
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