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Against War Against War by Erasmus
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“Surely there is nothing so ungracious, nor nothing so cruel, but men will hold therewith, if it be once approved by custom.”
― Desiderius Erasmus, Against War
tags: counter-culture, pacifism, war
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“Moreover God hath ordained man in this world, as it were, the very image of himself, to the intent, that he, as it were a god on earth, should provide for the wealth of all creatures.”
― Desiderius Erasmus, Against War
tags: christianity, environment, environmentalism, philosophy, theology
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“We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us.”
― Desiderius Erasmus, Against War
tags: pacifism, peace, theology, war
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“Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war.”
― Desiderius Erasmus, Against War
tags: christianity, pacifism, peace, philosophy, religion, war
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