If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you knw yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained, you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. (Chapter IV, sections 18).
War (Philosophy)Early works to 1800Military art and science
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you knw yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained, you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. (Chapter IV, sections 18).
War (Philosophy)Early works to 1800Military art and science