The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.

My assignment from Graff, thought Theresa, is to become an assassin in order to protect my son. And the truly horrifying thing is that I’m not questioning whether to do it, but how. And when.

The historian Max Hastings wrote in his book Inferno that “it is characteristic of all conflicts that until enemies begin to shoot, ships to sink and loved ones—or at least comrades—begin to die, even professional warriors often lack urgency and ruthlessness.

Written By Robert M. Gates

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