> The thrust of the book is that, in the figure of Socrates, we can find a way through that Tolstoy couldn’t It's ironic that she holds up Socrates, a man who

> The thrust of the book is that, in the figure of Socrates, we can find a way through that Tolstoy couldn’t It's ironic that she holds up Socrates, a man who was murdered by his own fellow citizens, as a figure who managed to "find a way through".