In reading “Heroism and history”, I learned a lot about how why war occurs and why we talk about it so much. For example the author quotes,“It forced upon the reluctant sensibility of europe a recognition that the greeks, the romans and ourselves shared a common parentage with baboons, gorillas and chimpanzees.” The author here is trying to explain that there is a relationship between humans and animals in that they share common characteristics. In the text he talked about how one of the developed aspects/characteristics from animals that we received was human aggression. Just as animals have aggression in their everyday life, so do human beings. The author then goes on to talking about “Warrior virtues.” For example the author states, “The
