wiqqi
Book

Against War

A work by Desiderius Erasmus

At a glance

  • What korrents draws from it

    The fellowship of learning binds people together more closely than marriage ties or kinship, Fighting one another with weapons is worse than the behaviour of any wild beast, No wild beast is more harmful to a human being than another human being …

    See all 6

  • Connections

    Desiderius Erasmus

Also on this page: Key facts · Links · Sources · Related pages

Key facts

Edition korrents quotes
Dulce bellum inexpertis; Tudor translation of 1533-4, ed. J. W. Mackail, 19072
Claims on korrents
61

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. The fellowship of learning binds people together more closely than marriage ties or kinship (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Fighting one another with weapons is worse than the behaviour of any wild beast (opens korrents.com)1

  3. No wild beast is more harmful to a human being than another human being (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Peace is the mother of all good things, while war suddenly destroys everything pleasant and fair (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Weighing its gains against its harms shows that an unjust peace is far better than a righteous war (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Killing Turks pleases the devil, because however wicked they are, they are people for whose salvation Christ died (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

Written by

  • Desiderius Erasmus

Sources

  1. Against War (Dulce bellum inexpertis; Tudor translation of 1533-4, ed. J. W. Mackail, 1907) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Against War (Dulce bellum inexpertis; Tudor translation of 1533-4, ed. J. W. Mackail, 1907) (gutenberg.org) (opens gutenberg.org)

Last checked against its sources today

Is something on this page wrong or out of date? Tell us

Other books on wiqqi

How recent

The line under a date fills as time passes: empty when new, then one equal share each for a day, a week, a month and a year. For episodes and other items it is full at 2 years; for "last checked", at a year. A striped line means the date is known only to the month or year.