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The Art of War - The Barnes & Noble review

I do not doubt that Sun-Tzu's The Art of War is a classic worth studying, and a great source of wisdom on military tactics and strategy. Just do yourself a favor and skip this translation by Thomas Cleary.

Mr. Cleary seems enamored of himself as a translator. I have no doubt he knows how to translate, but I wanted to read Sun-Tzu, not Thomas Cleary translating Sun-Tzu and hosts of others so I could appreciate how clever Mr. Cleary is.

The book is laid out so:

This is truly annoying when one wants to read only what the original author has to say. I tried going through and reading only the Sun-Tzu parts, but that didn't work well at all. This would be a good book for those who really want to get into the whole philosophy and study the various perspectives with which Sun-Tzu's words have been attributed throughout the centuries. This was not my purpose, so this book didn't suit me.

SET - 10/24/2000

 

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Aristophanes: Lysistrata/The Acharnians/The Clouds - The Barnes & Noble review

 

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The List Plato - Selected Works
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SET's Reviews

Work Author Date
The Epic of Gilgamesh Anonymous ca. 2000 BC
The Iliad Homer ca. 800 BC
The Odyssey Homer ca. 800 BC
The Analects Confucius 551-479 BC
The Oresteia Aeschylus 525-456 BC
Three Theban Plays Sophocles 496-406 BC
Electra; Alcestis; Medea;
Hippolytus; Bacchae;
Women of Troy
Euripides 484-406 BC
The Histories Herodotus 484-425 BC
The History of the
Peloponnesian War
Thucydides 470/460-ca.400 BC
The Art of War Sun-Tzu 450-380 BC

 

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