Psychology Today | 13.07.2026 18:28
There is an oft-quoted aphorism in the samurai tradition, which, loosely translated, intones “Fall down seven times, get up eight.” The Hagakure, from which the axiom is taken, is an often-misinterpreted treatise on Bushido (the warrior’s way) as a code of death. In fact, it is a discourse drawn from conversations between Yamamoto Tsunetomo and Nabeshima Mitsushige, between 1709 and 1716, on the warrior’s path of both living, and dying, well.
