In Passionate Defence of Peace

...In Education and Peace Maria Montessori states 'As for peace, it has never been the object of an orderly and ongoing process of investigation that goes by the name of a science; on the contrary, a clear concept of peace does not figure among the countless ideas that enrich our human awareness.' The essence of peace remains undefined and no sensible human being would spend time and energy, let alone passion, on chasing an ignis fatuus. The perception of peace is nebulous and subjective, both collectively and individually. Usually it is understood as an absence or cessation of greater or lesser sources of disquiet that beset humanity-war being cardinal among them.