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#11 — Shouldering the Burden of History

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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What's the Difference Between a State and an Honor Culture?

The idea the spartans had that the people who were born in that society were born to die for the state. That's what they were they go have more sons so that the state will be glorified when they dieFor i mean, it's just this thisean, what's the old line that one barton had when his wife was going to see him off to a certain death? And she said, you know, kind of what you want me to do? And he said, marry some one else and have a lot of sons.

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