
PREMIUM-Ep. 255: Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Is the Commander Not Obediing the Ruler?
The war in states period is just jus what they were doing at the time. And so their ability to have an army is part of the tool chest for doing that. The commander is an expert being deployed by the rulers, asking them to do things,. But the ruler isn't the one who's telling them how to do it well.
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