The Precursors of kant's peace conception

The persistence of military conflicts in the XXI century would mean the failure of Kant's "theory of practical reason", in which he maintained that "there should be no wars". Not only have his forecasts failed to come true, but also, we have regressed toward new types of wars. And yet, in the midst of the widespread pessimism about the human capacity to control conflicts and paraphrasing Kant, we believe in the "unsociable sociability of man". This quality, through "providence", will make achieving that desired peace more feasible for us that for any of the authors who throughout the centuries have reflected on this possibility. This work aims to analyze the evolution of the concept of peace in Kant's predecessors and reflect the truly novel aspects that Kant introduced in his work, as well as any possible flaws.