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A condition of peace among men living near one another is not a state of nature (status naturalis), which is much rather a condition of war, that is, it involves the constant threat of an outbreak of hostilities even if this does not always occur. A condition of peace must therefore be established; for suspension of hostilities is not yet assurance of peace, and unless such assurance is afforded one neighbor by another (as can happen only in a lawful condition), the former, who has called upon the latter for it, can treat him as an enemy.1
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Kant, I. (2005). Toward Perpetual Peace. In: Karmis, D., Norman, W. (eds) Theories of Federalism: A Reader. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05549-1_8
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