This Is How The World Is Ruled -

 

This Is How The World Is Ruled -

While Oxenstierna's quote is the primary source, other figures have offered "pieces" to this puzzle through different lenses:

: Marcus Aurelius taught that while we cannot control how the "world" at large is ruled, we rule our own "internal world" through our perceptions and reactions. This is how the world is ruled

The most famous iteration of this sentiment comes from a letter Oxenstierna wrote to his son in . His son, Johan, was a delegate during the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia and expressed anxiety about his ability to negotiate alongside seasoned, eminent diplomats. Oxenstierna reassured him with the Latin phrase: "An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?" While Oxenstierna's quote is the primary source, other

: Niccolo Machiavelli famously argued in The Prince that the world is ruled by power and the calculated use of any means—including cruelty or deception—to maintain that power. Oxenstierna reassured him with the Latin phrase: "An

The phrase "" is most notably associated with a historical anecdote involving the 17th-century Swedish statesman Axel Oxenstierna . Historical Origin

: More recently, biologist E.O. Wilson suggested a shift in rule, stating, "The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time... and make important choices wisely".