「人よく菜根を咬みえば、則ち百事なすべし」。菜根は堅くて筋が多い、これをかみしめてこそものの真の味わいがわかる。

日本の古典芸能の一つ「能」　世阿弥が一子相伝の書として書いた能の真髄を原文のまま読み上げました。その心得は現代にも通じることが多く、ビジネスマンへの指南書として様々な本が出版されています。能の歴史から心得までがまとまった作品です。 　「秘すれば花なり。秘せずば花なるべからず」——見せ方の重要性 　「稽古は強かれ、情識はなかれと也」——我執の怖さ 　「上手は下手の手本、下手は上手の手本」——侮りへの警告 ーーこの文の香りに、言葉のえらびかたに、世阿弥のひととなりも感じていただければと願います。

For Jim Nashe, it all started when he came into a small inheritance and left Boston in pursuit of a "life of freedom." Careening back and forth across the United States, waiting for the money to run out, Nashe met Jack Pozzi, a young man with a temper and a plan. With Nashe's last funds, they entered a poker game against two rich eccentrics, "risking everything on the single blind turn of a card."

To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Are states rational? Much of international relations theory assumes that they are. But many scholars believe that political leaders rarely act rationally. The issue is crucial for both the study and practice of international politics. John J. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato argue that rational decisions in international politics rest on credible theories about how the world works and emerge from deliberative decision‑making processes.

Crime and Punishment is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel about the nature of law and morality, told through the eyes of a murderer and his internal conflict.