PHIL 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Universal History, Well-Founded Relation
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Heraclitus described, has been followed by many reflections on peace and war. Many of the classical texts (both greek and latin) are military treatises: from millimeter descriptions of wars, to strategic considerations. War has undoubtedly been one of the subjects to which manmore time and effort has been spent . The classic "if you want peace, prepare for war" has been present, not only in the order of thought, throughout all ages, not only in thinkers, but in the world political reality. Let"s turn the omelette today, and let"s get closer to its opposite: peace . It is almost commonplace to distinguish two types of peace, and this is reflected in our dictionary: "not being at war" and "public tranquility and stillness of the states". In the first meaning there would be a " negative " peace , which can even be tense and conflictive.
