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Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay

by Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)

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"Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay" by Immanuel Kant is a philosophical work published in 1795. Kant proposes a peace program for governments, including preliminary articles demanding the abolition of standing armies and secret treaties, alongside three definitive articles establishing republican constitutions, a federation of free states, and universal hospitality. Rather than advocating world government, Kant envisions a league of independent republics that would naturally tend toward peace through representative governance and international cooperation.

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Chapter C: Caird, Edward; 3, 51

Calvin, John; 19.

Carnegie, Andrew; 100.

China; a danger to Europe, 92, 93, 140, 141.

Cicero; on the conduct of war, 22, 41.

Clement of Alexandria; 15.

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter C: Caird, Edward; 3, 51
  3. Chapter I
  4. Chapter L: Laveleye, Émile de; 81
  5. Chapter V

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This free edition of Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #50922, released 2016-01-14. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Essays, Letters & Speeches, History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750), Philosophy & Ethics.

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