The purpose of this study is, with the reference of a relation between peace and war, to describe a wish of we Korean race having the national character of peace, of restoring a peace from the viewpoint of divine providence, with the examination of it...
The purpose of this study is, with the reference of a relation between peace and war, to describe a wish of we Korean race having the national character of peace, of restoring a peace from the viewpoint of divine providence, with the examination of its validity from a historical philosophy about peace. In addition, the writer would like to look into a peace from the viewpoint of philosophy of time of peace and into the thought of S. Aurelius Augustinus in reference to Christian peace while classifying into the relations between peace and justice, hope and order.
Man pursues good in nature, its ultimate purpose of life is a peace. In a limited life of Man. the nature of pursing a peace is a wish of immortality. It is a stern reality that in a human society, a conflict or war may be inevitable.
The concept of war has been closely related to that peace. Because not only war plays a destructive role of breaking the peace but also it has an unreasonableness of a mean to keeping the peace, a discussion on this subject has always two-sideness.
Like this, a relative peace which is rescued from the mutuality, is a climate which is created with love, and an intrinsic peace is an ardent wish which springs from heart`s base of all creatures. Therefore, it comes to a conclusion of following the Christian`s God.
War in Civitas terrena has been commonly described as an unhappiness in human history. It seems to be uncontrollable that human history has no choice but to permit this unhappiness while recording war as unhappiness. And nobody could deny that the history of Man was that of war. So, for S. Aurelius Augustinus, war might thirst for peace of `Civitas Dei`, with the presentness of `Civitas Terrena`.