The Gate
Are You The Gatekeeper?About halfway through the novel, Socrates sets up a metaphor for Dan: the gate. Socrates says: “The realm of the warrior is guarded by something like a gate. It is well hid...
House Rules
To be honest, we're not quite sure what the House Rules are… and that's the point. Socrates never explains them; he only refers to them as justifications for why various things, like his Warrior,...
Presence
This is the “life-giving Presence without a name” (4.389). It's barely mentioned in the book, but we thought we'd try to penetrate its mystery here. First, what we know about it.When Socrates h...
Feeling
Like the capital-P Presence, the capital-F Feeling is rarely referred to. It's a flash of intuitive certainty that comes over Dan at certain times, and is effectively a wise Socrates within him.Her...