There is an interesting article over at “The Art of Manliness” called “The Warriors Guide to True Manliness”. Here’s an excerpt:
It was not long ago that men were born to be warriors and had no other obligations than to uphold the warrior code and to pass it on to their offspring. It was only during the past 500 years that man forgot this way of life and replaced it with a complacency seemingly suited for a new world of convenience. The time that has passed since we have forgotten our warrior days has been a mere fraction of the entire existence of humans, meaning that this warrior instinct is still entirely intact and awaiting to be awoken in the lives of all men…
As it stands, its not a bad allegorical “manly self-help” article. It is somewhat along the same lines of a few of the posts I have written here…the ones where I attempt to “re-frame” ancient “Warrior Codes” and apply them to modern life. However there is a different tone to this article that can be summed up in the line that goes;
It was not long ago that men were born to be warriors and had no other obligations than to uphold the warrior code and to pass it on to their offspring.
It is a bit of a leap and a few commentators bit on it. Not all men were Warriors and it’s open for debate if the ancient Warrior was indeed an archetype worthy of modern emulation. It is an interesting article in itself and an interesting debate about warriors and “warriorship” in the comments. Take a read.
What do you think?
