The Art of Soldiery

Sally Kohn: I think we should stick with some of these images because they're very applicable. You talk about having a variety of options and almost being paralyzed by those options. For the great runner he kind of gets beyond the point of drudgery and comes to discover it as something delightful, she says. The reason for which a soldier drills and trains isn't so that he becomes an automaton or just a blind follower of orders, but in order to be able to face whatever eventualities may arise on the field of battle. She says our freedom is something that only kind of arises as the result of a life lived virtuously.