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BOOK 2, CHAPTER 24Warnings Not to Undertake War Rashly, Even for Just CausesI. Often a right should be given up in order to avoid warII. Especially the right to inflict punishments ought to be given up in order to avoid warIII. A right should be given up, especially by a king who has been wronged, in order to avoid warIV. Even for the sake of one's self and one's dependants a ruler must often refrain from war.
V. Rules dictated by prudence regarding the choice between things that are goodVI. An example in a deliberation between devotion to freedom and devotion to peace; whereby the slaughter of a people may be avoidedVII. He who is not much the stronger ought to refrain from exacting penalties.VIII. It results that war is not to be undertaken, unless of necessity.IX. Again, war is not to be undertaken save from a most weighty cause at a most opportune timeX. The evils of war placed before our eyes |
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