The Art of the Samurai James Gleick Tessa learns that when love

Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

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The Art of the Samurai James Gleick Tessa learns that when loveThe way of the samurai is found in death. These words, written 300 years ago by the samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo, offer a seemingly grim introduction to a practice and philosophy that was in fact anything but morbid. Offering a fascinating glimpse into the secretive inner world of the samurai, the Hagakure remained closely guarded and was shown only to a chosen few for more than a century. This was a culture in which death was embraced, not as a morbid