This part of the final paragraph summarizes it well. "[St] Augustine tells the parable of a pirate captain who is captured and brought before Alexander the Gre

This part of the final paragraph summarizes it well. "[St] Augustine tells the parable of a pirate captain who is captured and brought before Alexander the Great. The emperor says "How dare you terrorize the seas"? The pirate captain replies, "How dare you terrorize the whole world? Because I only have one ship, I'm called a pirate; because you have a great navy, you're called an emperor." The difference between a pirate and an emperor is one of scale only."