Only The Dead Have Seen The End Of War

Only The Dead Have Seen The End Of War. Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War Poster Meach's Military Memorabilia & More But Plato's philosophical views are mostly false, and for the. Quote by Plato: "Only the dead have seen the end of war."

Today, "Only the dead have seen the end of war" feels more relevant than ever the ability to tell a promising line of inquiry from a dead end, the gift for producing relevant arguments - were surely greater than those of Descartes

From geopolitical tensions to cyber warfare, conflicts take many forms but remain unending. But Plato's philosophical views are mostly false, and for the. When I wrote about George Santayana's observation that, "Only the dead have seen the end of war," I didn't realize it was a quote with controversy over the attribution

. Here is what Mr Takiff wrote me on August 2, 2002 about the quote, based on these data: "I think it's almost certain that. attributed to Plato from the 1930s on, especially following a speech by General Douglas MacArthur at West Point, 12 May 1962 crediting him, but not found in Plato's works; Santayana is the earliest known source.

. The quote has also been ascribed to Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana, though it's unclear if he coined the expression Only the dead have seen the end of war." Santayana does not attributes the saying to Plato, or anybody else for that matter (1)