![]() ![]() To this end, Kant drafts six preliminary articles aimed at reducing the chance of war. To be lasting, it must have a solid foundation. To be perpetual, a peace must not merely be temporary, like a ceasefire, but lasting. ![]() Kant’s essay takes the form of a philosophical project aimed at achieving perpetual peace. Indeed, Prussia had been engaged in wars for most of Kant’s life. He was reflecting on the bloody aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789 and the numerous Revolutionary wars between France and various European powers, including Austria and Kant’s Prussia. But what can we still learn from Kant’s essay?Īt the time of writing, Kant was 71-years-old. Unfortunately, it is a story repeating itself today as Ukraine is invaded by Russia. This is a story that German philosopher Immanuel Kant, while writing his essay Toward Perpetual Peace in 1795 in Prussian Königsberg (now a Russian territory on the Baltic Sea called Kaliningrad), was all too familiar with. ![]() A powerful European country invades a less powerful one. ![]()
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