The Art of War

I read this book before when I was 14 during my school's attempt to get us to read more. There was a copy of this book in my house so I decided to read it. Back then I didn't care much for reading and as a result I didn't get a whole lot this book particularly.

Fast forward many years later I'm reading it again but in the same way I didn't get a whole lot from it. The translation I used was really good and it was great that it included various other writers to add on what Sun Tzu is saying or to even simplify what he said. But ultimately I feel like this book will have limited impact in my life going forward. There are some interesting aspects to take away but overall it is not that astonishing as something like Marcus Aurelius' Meditations - of course philosopy and military theory are very different and the application of military theory is very limited to the military. Perhaps I'll enjoy this book more as I engage further in military theory reading if I ever do engage in it further.