Let us look back, ready to forgive our ancestors for any passing errors, and eager to learn the invaluable lessons which have withstood the test of time.
“Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?”
Odysseus, Troy
The Art of War is undoubtedly the most influential treatise on war ever written. A masterpiece of war and strategy that is still universally employed today.
It would be better for me—that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself. Socrates [470– 399 BC]
Marcus Aurelius [121 AD–180 AD] Military Leader, Scholar, Stoic and Emperor of Rome. Leaving behind a reputation as one of the most respected emperors in history.
Aristotle (384–322 BC) stands as one the greatest philosophers of all time. What was it that made him so influential? And what wisdom has he imparted upon the ages?
