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Quotation from Perpetual Peace by Immanuel Kant

“a violation of right in one part of the world is felt all over it.”

Immanuel Kant

Perpetual Peace, Second Section, Third Definitive Article, trans. Mary Campbell Smith

Portrait of Immanuel Kant

Kant explains why cosmopolitan right, the right of hospitality, is no fantastical notion in a world of growing intercourse between nations.

Citation: "a violation of right in one part of the world is felt all over it." — Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace, Second Section, Third Definitive Article, trans. Mary Campbell Smith. (id kant-perpetual-peace-q5)

Portrait: Immanuel Kant - Gemaelde 2, Becker, Public domain.

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