The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.

But need alone is not enough to set power free: there must be knowledge.

“How can you call yourself a free man when your weakness has brought you to this? If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth, even as water seeks its level? If a man has within him the soul of a free man, will he not become respected and honored in his own city in spite of his misfortune?’