War, then, is not a relation between men, but between states; in war individuals are enemies wholly by chance, not as men, not even as citizens, but … - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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War, then, is not a relation between men, but between states; in war individuals are enemies wholly by chance, not as men, not even as citizens, but only as soldiers; not as member of their country, but only as its defenders. In a word, a state can have as an enemy only another state, not men, becuase there can be no real relations between things possessing different intrinsic natures.