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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (9388)	11/29/2000 7:41:57 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 12823

OT: Miles from anywhere, statecraft as medicine, and ethnomusicological musings. Frank, Would you say that VZ played it Machiavellian-like, or did they take their script from Sun Tsu? Hmmm, definitely wasn't Clausewitz. He's unintelligible, and believe me I've tried. Worse than Goethe interpolated in an interleaving of logomachy by Nietsche. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love this passage* from the introduction to "Art of War", translated by Thomas Cleary. He relates an interesting story that nicely captures the Taoist philosophy: "According to an old story, a lord of ancient China once asked his physician, a member of a family of healers, which of them was the most skilled in the art. The physician, whose reputation was such that his name became synonymous with medical science in China, replied, "My eldest brother sees the spirit of sickness and removes it before it takes shape, so his name does not get out of the house. "My elder brother cures sickness when it is still extremely minute, so his name does not get out of the neighborhood. "As for me, I puncture veins, prescribe potions, and massage skin, so from time to time my name gets out and is heard among the lords." Courtesy of James Smith, Princeton Economics. Inscrutable? Hardly. Can we hope that Condolezza has paid some attention to eastern thought? Yes, we can hope.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Goodnight, NPNT. Goodnight.* Hudie Ledbetter was a favorite of mine as well. :) Best, Ray