Essays On Peace

Followers of Jesus, a Jewish man, started a new religion, Christianity. Christianity started to grow during the Pax Romana, a period of peace in Rome. The Pax Romana lasted from 27 B.C.E to 180 C.E. and during it government improved, literature prospered, engineering improved, and laws formed.

In this ever-modernizing world, sometimes it is hard to keep a calm and clear head to face with many problems arising everyday. The fast pace of city life usually tires me to hell by snowing me under a lot of pressure. Whenever feel tired, there is one place I would love to go to, the […]

There had been a series of failures that led to the destruction of international peace by 1939. The cause for world war two was because of the invasion of Poland by Germany. Britain and France agreed that after the Munich pact, if Germany were to invade Poland , they would start a war against Hitler. […]

War is considered as a particular branch of a specific philosophy, with Carl von Clausewitz being considered as the “only philosopher of war,” stated in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. It also says that it refers to, “a phenomenon which occurs only between political communities” or “certain political pressure groups, like terrorist organizations, might also […]

Joseph Campbell, a renowned mythologist, states that a hero is someone who sacrifices their life for a cause greater than themselves (Campbell 151). He further divides heroic acts into two categories. The first category encompasses physical bravery like engaging in courageous battles or saving lives (Campbell 151). The second category involves spiritual accomplishments where the […]

“All things truly wicked start from innocence,” is a quote first said by Ernest Hemmingway, an author and journalist from Illinois. This quote is basically saying that innocence may start out as something seen as purity, in a person possessing this attribute, but eventually leads to immoral and sinful events. In my opinion this is […]

Atomic Bombs, Nuclear weapons, graft, and corruption, crimes thirst, blood Name it the world has it. Nations against Nations, State against church, government against the armed forces, military versus the fascists, innocent civilians in between. Is there still a way out? In an instant, our lives are threatened with uncertainty our children facing bleak future. […]

National Independence and Self Reliance .Explain the following terms …Political independence and self-reliance Political independence: is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory. The opposite of independence is a dependent territory. Self-Reliance: reliance on oneself or […]

India has consistently worked towards promoting peace after gaining independence. The country firmly believes in the power of peaceful conditions to improve mankind’s state and resolve different issues. Upon gaining independence, India clearly declared its priority for peace and commitment to actively promote international peace, security, and cooperation. India has a strong belief in peace, […]

“We’re trying to sell peace, like a product, you know, and sell it like people sell soap or soft drinks. And it’s the only way to get people aware that peace is possible, and it isn’t just inevitable to have violence. These are the unmistakable words, when he was been interviewed on The David Frost […]

Linda M. Hasselstrom made a very convincing argument in her essay, A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun in the book Patterns for College Writing. Hasselstrom strongly believes women should carry pistols to defend themselves from being attacked or raped. She learned that any female can expect to be criminally assaulted, and women […]

The notion of peace is complex and multi-faceted. Peace is not merely the absence of hostility, violence or war but encompasses a larger concept wherein there are various contributing factors such as healthy interpersonal or international relationships, security in matters of social or economic welfare and equality and fairness in political relationships. The nature of […]

Dwight D Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States from 1953-1960, is revered as a statesman and great military leader. Born in Texas in 1890 and raised in Kansas to a family that valued education, Eisenhower began a long career as a leader and military officer upon his graduation in 1915 from West Point. […]

The First World War provides one of the seminal moments of the twentieth-century in which literate soldiers, plunged into inhuman conditions, reacted to their surroundings in poems. There were a number of famous poets who wrote war poetry, and a number of different reactions to war. Some poets approved of war, or found it honourable, […]

In the real world, man is tempted by his inner evil and acts only as he would like, as opposed to what is right. He will sin instead of being virtuous when set alone to do as he wishes. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, and in John Knowles’ A Separate Peace, the fact […]

Freshman English 102 [ 7 February 2012 ] Civic Peace In the story, the first major scene I felt that was important was when Jonathan used his family earnings to buy wine. His family picked mangoes near the military cemetery and sold them to the soldiers wives for some pennies. Jonathan uses the money to […]

The League Of Nations Was A Great Force For Peace In The 1920’s In this essay, I am going to look at the successes and failures of the League of Nations (LofN) in its struggle for peace throughout the 1920’s. The LofN was the ‘brain child’ of American president Woodrow Wilson. The four other main […]

War and Peace in Mindanao by Murray Smith In December 2006, I had the chance to visit Mindanao, a Southern Philippine island that rarely receives media attention unless there are cases of Western tourists being abducted. The ongoing conflict in Mindanao, lasting over 35 years, primarily centers on the Muslim Bangsa Moro people’s pursuit of […]

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. Isaiah 26:3: You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you Ephesians 2:14: For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility Colombians 1:20: And […]

“Sport has a unique and irreplaceable capacity to unite people, going far beyond ethnic, religious or social differences. I am convinced that sport can be at the long-term service of peace” HASH Prince Albert II of Monaco In Ancient Greece, a series of competitions were held every four years between representatives of several city-states and […]

The teacher plays a crucial role in promoting peace education in the classroom, as both quality and peace education are essential in schools. According to the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century, there are four pillars of education: Learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together, and learning to be (Vega, […]

Angelina, throughout her fame, never lost sight of what was truly important in the world. After her first travel to Sierra Leona, a small African country, she saw the struggle that the refugees faced after the lands were devastated by the war. Seeing firsthand all that the refugees go through, she decided to use her […]