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institution or social pattern.
peace a possibility." (P. 199) For the cultivation of peace
consciousness among peoples, and to make efforts for A way out to Peace
permanent world peace he suggested to constitute a At last he opines that war and violence can not be putR espublica-Litteraria. It is the duty of the intellectuals to to an end without a fundamental alteration in social and work hard for the awakening of peace consciousness cultural structure. It is only through awakening of peace because, says he peace cannot be brought about by fine consciousness we can change social and cultural pattern phrases and nice lectures but by hard work and sacrifice and get rid of wars. He observes "Without informed public (P. 214). opinion and good faith a new world order cannot arise and Peace demands the sacrifice of selfish interests and without coming into existence of a unity of outlook and a narrow outlooks as its price. It is only through the community of interests among all men (without national consciousness of 'world family' we can establish peace and and class differences). There can be no world peace (P.182). secure prosperity on the earth. Prof. K.S. Murty propounds three principles, namely (a) अयं निजः परो वेत्ति गणना लघुचेतसाम्, Homonoia-Human brotherhood, (b) Tolerance and (c) उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्। Universal Ethics as the bases of peace. Says he, "If a consistant world view could be evolved in consonance Reference with (if not based upon) these three concepts, through the All the references, in this article are from Prof. K.S. co-operative efforts of the intellectuals of all cultures and Murty's book "The Quest for Peace', Ajanta Publications, if they take pains to make it fashionable among all peoples Jawahar Nagar, Delhi, 1986, page numbers are given in a universal culture may evolve and make permanent world bracket after the quotations.
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