Si vis pacem…
A couple of months ago, during a Senate debate, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asserted that the pursuit of peace is also predicated on rearmament and the establishment of a robust defence system. In making her statement, she invoked the Latin adage: si vis pacem, para bellum (if you wish for peace, prepare for war). […]
Is peace possible?
Everyone talks about peace, but nobody teaches it. In this world, we teach competition, which is the root of all wars. The moment we start teaching cooperation and support for one another will be the day we educate for peace. (Montessori, 1970) This is one of the most difficult yet important questions of our time. […]
Violence or Non-Violence: A Matter of Perspectives
In one scene from the recent BBC Sherlock Holmes series, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson, Watson enters Sherlock’s home and finds him standing upside down. Watson asks Sherlock what he is doing and why he is in that position. Sherlock replies, saying something like, “I’m examining the problem from […]