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𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐙𝐓𝐄𝐂

@RationalAztec

20 Aug

THE ART OF WAR

Sun Tzu’s greatest maxims from the ancient treatise of proverbial wisdom.

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𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐁𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐌.

1. To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence;

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.

2. If you know the enemy, and know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

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𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐙𝐓𝐄𝐂

@RationalAztec

19 Aug

Bushido: The Way of the Samurai Warrior.

The 8 virtues of the Samurai.

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Justice/Rectitude.

"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.”

Your destiny is sculpted by your distribution of justice.

Courage.

"Perceiving what is right and doing it not, reveals a lack of courage."

- Confucius' Analects

Courage bests bravery - Is is exercised in the cause of righteousness and rectitude.

Without courage, a warrior’s virtues are lost.

Courage cultivates the inner samurai.

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𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐙𝐓𝐄𝐂

@RationalAztec

17 Aug

The Art of Stoicism.

10 timeless maxims to forge your ascension.

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1. “He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a man who is alive.”

- Seneca

I used to fear death. Now I fear stagnation.

The key to life is resolute acceptance of death.

2. “If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it.”

- Marcus Aurelius

It is a man’s moral imperative to do and say what is just.

Anything lesser signifies the traits of a barbarian.

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𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐙𝐓𝐄𝐂

@RationalAztec

15 Aug

The Aztecs were a horrific and chilling race; crafting their civilisation on human sacrifice.

Yet they serve as a distinguished relic of mankind's suffering.

[Thread] - 9 lessons on cultivating your ascension amidst the suffering.

1. Great men are not born great. Your actions earn your title.

You are owed nothing in life. When you do not live up to your potential, you do not live at all.

Man is as wise as his thoughts, but only as honourable as his actions.

2. A seed of focus will yield greater fruits than a forest of stagnation.

Distraction is for the masses, focus is for the few.

When you are everywhere, you are nowhere. Like the finest warrior, choose your moments and strike with supreme fury.

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