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War (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nothing great in it — the death of many oxen and sheep, the burning of many storks' nests.

War (n.) between ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Eteocles and Polyneices was nothing but their judgement that a throne is the greatest good and exile the greatest evil.

War (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a judgement: Eteocles and Polyneices fought because each took power to be the greatest good and exile the worst evil.

War (n.) comes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from ignorance of where the good lies — Athens and Sparta, the Great King and Greece, Rome and the Getae, Troy itself, where a pretty woman was thrown between two friends.

War (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a pretty woman or a piece of land thrown between friends who believe their good lies outside them; Troy and the quarrels of Greek cities have the same origin.

War (n.) follows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠once the good is put in external things: if land is good for me, so is taking my neighbour's; if a cloak, so is stealing one at the baths — hence wars, revolts, tyrannies and plots.