| Friedrich Schiller: Beauty, peace and reconciliation |
Tue, 12/22/2015 - 15:27 |
Tue, 12/22/2015 - 15:52 |
| Valerius Flacchus: War, the scourge of all the earth. Slaughtering with swords the scions of heaven. |
Mon, 12/21/2015 - 15:31 |
Mon, 12/21/2015 - 20:08 |
| Clement of Alexandria: Let us gird ourselves with the armour of peace |
Sun, 12/20/2015 - 16:44 |
Sun, 12/20/2015 - 16:56 |
| Procopius: A parable |
Sat, 12/19/2015 - 17:31 |
Sat, 12/19/2015 - 18:00 |
| Ovid: Instead of a wolf the timorous ewes dread war |
Fri, 12/18/2015 - 15:15 |
Fri, 12/18/2015 - 15:20 |
| Mario Vargas Llosa: More than enough atomic and conventional weapons to wipe out several planets |
Thu, 12/17/2015 - 15:26 |
Thu, 12/17/2015 - 15:52 |
| Philo: “Nourished” for war and all its attendant evils |
Wed, 12/16/2015 - 15:57 |
Wed, 12/16/2015 - 16:24 |
| Seneca the Elder: It is this that drives the world into war |
Tue, 12/15/2015 - 15:32 |
Tue, 12/15/2015 - 15:52 |
| Lactantius: Duties relating to warfare are accommodated neither to justice nor to true virtue |
Mon, 12/14/2015 - 15:40 |
Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:52 |
| George Santayana: We want peace and make war |
Sun, 12/13/2015 - 15:44 |
Sun, 12/13/2015 - 15:52 |
| Plutarch: Selections on war and peace |
Sat, 12/12/2015 - 16:06 |
Sun, 01/24/2016 - 17:00 |
| Plato: They both hate and are hated. Silver and gold and war. |
Fri, 12/11/2015 - 15:54 |
Fri, 12/11/2015 - 16:24 |
| Pliny the Elder: Crime and slaughter and warfare. Humanity’s war against its mother |
Wed, 12/09/2015 - 16:19 |
Wed, 12/09/2015 - 16:24 |
| Lactantius: No one can befittingly describe the cruelty of this beast, which rages with iron teeth throughout the world |
Tue, 12/08/2015 - 15:28 |
Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:52 |
| Quintus Smyrnaeus: In his talons bore a gasping dove. Where never ceased Ares from hideous slaughter. |
Mon, 12/07/2015 - 15:28 |
Wed, 01/06/2016 - 18:00 |
| Plotinus: Let earth be at peace and sea, air and the very heavens |
Sun, 12/06/2015 - 15:07 |
Sun, 12/06/2015 - 15:20 |
| Jean Dutourd: The horrors of war |
Sat, 12/05/2015 - 19:43 |
Sat, 12/05/2015 - 20:08 |
| Jerome: We must seek peace if we are to avoid wars |
Fri, 12/04/2015 - 15:46 |
Fri, 12/04/2015 - 15:52 |
| Thomas Carlyle: The works of peace versus battles and war-tumults |
Thu, 12/03/2015 - 15:48 |
Thu, 12/03/2015 - 16:20 |
| Diodorus Siculus: History is more than the recording of wars |
Wed, 12/02/2015 - 15:32 |
Wed, 12/02/2015 - 15:48 |
| Minucius Felix: War and the birth of empire |
Tue, 12/01/2015 - 15:53 |
Tue, 12/01/2015 - 16:20 |
| Juvenal: The spoils of war and the price thereof |
Mon, 11/30/2015 - 15:54 |
Mon, 01/11/2016 - 16:24 |
| Aristotle: How tyrants use war |
Sun, 11/29/2015 - 16:23 |
Sun, 11/29/2015 - 16:52 |
| Tertullian: As a last test of empire, make war on heaven |
Sat, 11/28/2015 - 15:07 |
Sat, 11/28/2015 - 15:16 |
| Theophrastus: Warmongering’s rumormongering |
Fri, 11/27/2015 - 15:22 |
Fri, 11/27/2015 - 15:48 |
| Plato: A good city has peace, but the evil city is full of wars within and without |
Thu, 11/26/2015 - 18:24 |
Thu, 11/26/2015 - 18:28 |
| Varro: War’s etymologies |
Tue, 11/24/2015 - 15:35 |
Tue, 11/24/2015 - 15:48 |
| Simonides: Dirges for the victims of the impetuous War-God |
Mon, 11/23/2015 - 15:43 |
Mon, 11/23/2015 - 16:08 |
| Plutarch: Advanced and bettered by wars? Only if riches, luxury, dominion are preferred to security, gentleness, independence accompanied by justice. |
Sun, 11/22/2015 - 15:50 |
Sat, 12/12/2015 - 16:24 |
| Anacreon: Rather art and love than lamentable war |
Sat, 11/21/2015 - 14:38 |
Sat, 12/12/2015 - 16:24 |
| Clement of Alexandria: Gods of war |
Fri, 11/20/2015 - 15:35 |
Sun, 12/20/2015 - 16:56 |
| Lucian: Rejecting war’s seductive appeal |
Thu, 11/19/2015 - 15:14 |
Thu, 11/19/2015 - 15:28 |
| George Santayana: Selections on war |
Wed, 11/18/2015 - 14:55 |
Sun, 12/13/2015 - 15:52 |
| Stesichorus: Thrust wars away |
Tue, 11/17/2015 - 15:12 |
Tue, 11/17/2015 - 15:28 |
| Dio Chrystostom: On the fate of states educated only for war |
Mon, 11/16/2015 - 13:33 |
Mon, 11/16/2015 - 13:52 |
| Philo: Casting off the warlike spirit in its completeness |
Sun, 11/15/2015 - 16:13 |
Wed, 12/16/2015 - 16:24 |
| Lactantius: Sacrificing to the gods of war |
Sat, 11/14/2015 - 17:34 |
Mon, 12/28/2015 - 15:52 |
| Quintilian: War, the antithesis of justice |
Fri, 11/13/2015 - 15:30 |
Fri, 11/13/2015 - 15:52 |
| Lycophron: Ares, who banquets in gory battles |
Thu, 11/12/2015 - 16:19 |
Thu, 11/12/2015 - 16:24 |
| George Santayana: Only the dead have seen the end of war |
Wed, 11/11/2015 - 14:47 |
Wed, 11/18/2015 - 15:28 |
| Plutarch: Entire and universal cessation of war |
Tue, 11/10/2015 - 15:35 |
Sat, 12/12/2015 - 16:24 |
| Octave Mirbeau: War, apprenticeship in man-killing |
Mon, 11/09/2015 - 15:47 |
Mon, 11/09/2015 - 15:52 |
| Horace: Transcending war |
Sun, 11/08/2015 - 14:32 |
Sun, 11/08/2015 - 14:48 |
| Florus: World war, something worse than war |
Sat, 11/07/2015 - 14:30 |
Sat, 11/07/2015 - 14:48 |
| Aratus: Justice deserts earth with warning of wars and cruel bloodshed |
Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:16 |
Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:20 |
| German writers on peace and war |
Thu, 11/05/2015 - 15:06 |
Tue, 12/22/2015 - 15:52 |
| Callimachus: Nurse peace, that he who sows may also reap |
Wed, 11/04/2015 - 15:37 |
Wed, 11/04/2015 - 15:52 |
| Ammianus Marcellinus: War’s landscape: discolored with the hue of dark blood |
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 16:58 |
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 17:28 |
| French writers on war and peace |
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 15:21 |
Sat, 12/05/2015 - 20:08 |
| Aulus Gellius: Thievery as school for war |
Sun, 11/01/2015 - 15:13 |
Sun, 11/01/2015 - 15:20 |
