The Art of War
I just finished reading the Chinese Classic " The Art of War by Sun Tzu " . This Book is considered as a Classic treatise on the Art of War and is so popular that our University has a course titled " Sun Tzi's Art of War and its business Applications " . Its a very interesting book which talks in detail about War Strategies like Mode of Attack,Espionage etc.. Its considered as the " Oldest Military Treatise in the World" having been written more than 2500 years ago.
The Book reminded me of two comparable books I have heard/read in the past ( Which are Classics in their own right) . One is Kautilya's " Arthasasthra" ( A book I have not read but a play I have seen numerous times) and the other is Machiavelli's " Prince". Arthasasthra ( By Kautilya or his more popular name Chanakya) goes much beyond the war and enunciates on governance and Administration too. The Chanakya play by R.S.Manohar ( A Tamil Theatrical Legend) was largely responsible for making the Story of Vikramaditya & Chanakya popular among the masses.
The Prince is a cult in its own respect espousing the concept of " winning at any cost" and Machiavelli is an Adverb (Machiavellian) as much as being a Pronoun.
Though I don't agree with all that is said in these Classics , I couldn't help wondering about their influence on modern history and the concept that " Business is War" .
I just finished reading the Chinese Classic " The Art of War by Sun Tzu " . This Book is considered as a Classic treatise on the Art of War and is so popular that our University has a course titled " Sun Tzi's Art of War and its business Applications " . Its a very interesting book which talks in detail about War Strategies like Mode of Attack,Espionage etc.. Its considered as the " Oldest Military Treatise in the World" having been written more than 2500 years ago.
The Book reminded me of two comparable books I have heard/read in the past ( Which are Classics in their own right) . One is Kautilya's " Arthasasthra" ( A book I have not read but a play I have seen numerous times) and the other is Machiavelli's " Prince". Arthasasthra ( By Kautilya or his more popular name Chanakya) goes much beyond the war and enunciates on governance and Administration too. The Chanakya play by R.S.Manohar ( A Tamil Theatrical Legend) was largely responsible for making the Story of Vikramaditya & Chanakya popular among the masses.
The Prince is a cult in its own respect espousing the concept of " winning at any cost" and Machiavelli is an Adverb (Machiavellian) as much as being a Pronoun.
Though I don't agree with all that is said in these Classics , I couldn't help wondering about their influence on modern history and the concept that " Business is War" .
posted by Cogito at
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
2 Comments:
Yeah...it is a treat to read Art f war...it is really amazing that many of the strategies that we tend to beleive are recent knowledge have been documented aeons back...this makes me wonder, whether there is anything called Inventions...or is everything jus Discoveries only...trying to ponder over it..
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Krish, at 5:40 PM
Yeah, The Profundity of these Classics are amazing.
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Cogito, at 10:17 PM
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