Born in the year of the Monkey (1584), Miyamoto was a samurai master. Miyamoto Musashi must make the best of the situation, seeing through the enemy spirit to grasp his strategy and defeat him. In strategy you have won when you forestall the enemy – must train well to attain this.
NIHILISIM IS AT OUR door: Whence comes this most gruesome of all guests to us ? – To begin with, it is a mistake to point to “Social Evils” ” Physiological degeneration,” or even to corruption as a cause of Nihilisim. – The will to power (1901)
Timing In Strategy:
- Think honest
- The way is training
- Become acquainted with every art
- Know the ways of all professions
- Distinguish gain v.s. loss
- Intuitive Judgment
- Understanding of everything
- Perceive those things which cannot be seen
- Pay attention to trifles
- Do nothing of no use
Exhaustion may be acquired or inherited – in any case, it alters the aspect and value of things. Unlike him who involuntarily gives of the super-abundance which he both feels and represents, to the things about him, and who sees them fuller, mightier, and more pregnant with promises, – who in fact, can bestow,- the exhausted one belittles and disfigures everything he seems – he impoverishes its worth: he is detrimental – The will to power (1901)
Suppress the enemy’s useful action and allow his useless actions – always be able to lead the enemy. Miyamoto must achieve the spirit of not allowing the enemy to attack a second time.
This is the most straightforward and most sympathetic age that ever was. Evil, whether spiritual, physical or intellectual, is , in itself, quite unable to introduce Nihilism, i.e, the absolute repudiation of worth, purpose , desirability – The will to power (1901)
When Miyamoto sacrifices life, he must make the fullest use of weaponry without a favourite weapon – as a wise strategist who men cannot deceive.
A theory of exhaustion – Vice, the insane (also artists) the criminals, the anarchists – these are not the “oppressed” classes, but the outcasts of the community of all classes hitherto – The will to power (1901)