German Idealism
Perpetual Peace
Immanuel Kant • A Philosophical Essay on Universal Harmony and Cosmopolitan Law
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Section II • The Republican Constitution
"The civil constitution of every state ought to be republican. For only when the consent of the subjects is required to determine whether there shall be war, will they think long before entering upon so perilous a game."
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Immanuel Kant: Perpetual Peace
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