Project Gutenberg 2012-04-20 Public domain in the USA. 298 Erasmus, Desiderius 1469 1536 Erasmus, of Rotterdam Mackail, J. W. (John William) 1859 1945 Mackail, John William 07036263 Erasmus Against War Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Erasmus Against War" by Desiderius Erasmus is a philosophical treatise written in the early 16th century that critiques the nature and consequences of war. This work is part of the broader humanist movement that sought to promote peace, morality, and rational thought over the chaos of conflict. At its core, the text argues against the justifications of war and emphasizes the inherent value of humanity, advocating for love and peace instead. The opening of the treatise sets the stage for its central argument by comparing the nature of man to that of war. Erasmus highlights the differences between the noble qualities of human beings—such as kindness, intellect, and social cooperation—and the barbarity and destruction represented by war. He emphasizes that war is often precipitated by trivial causes and results in immense suffering, which is fundamentally contrary to human nature designed for friendship and community. Through powerful imagery and philosophical reasoning, he appeals to the reader’s sense of morality and the absurdity of engaging in violence, especially among people who share faith and humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39487/39487-h/images/fronttitle.png en War JX Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Politics 160224 160234 2024-09-16T14:32:11.796654 2023-09-17T08:59:25.248685 text/html text/html 158068 2012-04-19T20:36:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 221930 2012-04-19T20:37:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 229132 2024-09-16T14:32:15.009735 application/epub+zip 229987 2024-09-16T14:32:12.615675 application/epub+zip 180969 2024-09-16T14:32:12.205659 application/epub+zip 237510 2024-09-16T14:32:16.911708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221853 2024-09-16T14:32:14.587656 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162158 2022-09-18T06:25:30.865602 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 147404 147202 2024-09-16T14:32:11.455683 2023-09-17T08:59:25.087680 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 147134 2012-04-19T20:36:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 56182 2012-04-19T20:37:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 147126 2012-04-19T20:37:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56152 2012-04-19T20:37:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21131 2024-09-16T14:32:17.057628 application/rdf+xml 20837 2024-09-16T14:32:12.273660 image/jpeg 2765 2024-09-16T14:32:12.239673 image/jpeg 222484 2024-09-16T14:32:11.820669 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia