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The Book of Five Rings (Illustrated Edition): With linked Table of Contents Kindle Edition

by Miyamoto Musashi (Author), Lew Hartman (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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"There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, tea, archery, and many arts and skills. Each man practises as he feels inclined. It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way. Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death." This new edition has been lavishly illustrated with 12 original illustrations by Lew Hartman.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00UBQ985Q
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Illustrated Books (March 5, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 5, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1654 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 52 pages

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Thomas Cleary is the preeminent translator of classic Eastern texts, including The Essential Tao, The Essential Confucius, The Secret of the Golden Flower, and the bestselling The Art of War.

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G.Hudson Drakes

Great abbreviated version as an introduction

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2023

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If you are looking into studying the five rings philosophy, this is an interesting introduction and a cool way to get a grasp of the info within. Would recommend to anyone interested in different philosophies on strategy .

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2012

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I have read many books of philosophy, and during this comic I wasn't even aware that I was reading philosophy- I was just reading comics. Five rings might not be the best written and most inspiring book in the history of philosophy (some say it is not philosophy at all), but it is absolutely in the "nice to know"-sector for every philosopher.

This is a great example of "serious comics", academic subjects can be turned to enjoyable form. How much other things could be turned to comics the same way: teachings of Socrates, life of Nietzsche, lifestyle of Kierkegaard? Possibilities are great!

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Nice adaption which grasps the spirit of the complete work

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2013

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Since this is a comic adaption of a full lenght book, only some ideas were used, but i must confess that the chosen ones are good enough to give you a fair taste of the complete work.
Why to read it the instead the original?
Its a fast way to get to the core and read the original later , without being overwhelmed by the full detail and know possesing an insight on the key ideas.

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Douglas

The Way of Illustration

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2022

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It's a good version of Musashi's work. The illustrations didn't overwhelm so you could focus on the text. I would recommend this to middle school people but i prefer the traditional text because the reader adopts the concepts with their own experiences.

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chaglar

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Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2014

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The book summarizes the original text very clearly and exceptionally well.
The drawings in the book are excellent.
I reccommend it to anybody WHO wants to master the "The Book of Five Rings" in a short time.

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kris Patterson

great book

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2013

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This is a great adaptation of a fantastic book. The book of five rings has a lot of great messages for people in all walks of life. This makes an enjoyable read.

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Lawrence E. Debow

Just buy it and read it

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2018

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Great version of the book fair price I am a stone

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