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'''Peace''' is a state of [[harmony]], the absence of hostility. This term is applied to describe a cessation of violent international conflict; in this international context, peace is the opposite of [[war]]. ''Peace'' can also describe a relationship between any parties characterized by [[respect]], [[justice]], and [[goodwill]].
'''Peace''' is a state of [[harmony]], the absence of hostility. This term is applied to describe a cessation of violent international conflict; in this international context, peace is the opposite of [[war]]. ''Peace'' can also describe a relationship between any parties characterized by [[respect]], [[justice]], and [[goodwill]].
More generally, peace can pertain to an individual relative to her or his environment, as ''[[peaceful]]'' can describe calm, serenity, and silence. This latter understanding of peace can also pertain to an individual's sense of himself or herself, as to be "at peace" with one's self would indicate the same serenity, calm, and [[equilibrium]] within oneself.
More generally, peace can pertain to an individual relative to her or his environment, as ''[[peaceful]]'' can describe calm, serenity, and silence. This latter understanding of peace can also pertain to an individual's sense of himself or herself, as to be "at peace" with one's self would indicate the same serenity, calm, and [[equilibrium]] within oneself.
<center>For lessons on '''Peace''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Peace this link].</center>
== Understandings of Peace ==
== Understandings of Peace ==
=== Peace as the absence of violence ===
=== Peace as the absence of violence ===
One meaning of peace refers to [[inner peace]]: a state of [[mind]], [[body]] and perhaps [[soul]], a peace within ourselves. People that experience inner peace say that the feeling is not dependent on time, people, place, or any external object or situation, asserting that an individual may experience inner peace even in the midst of [[war]].
One meaning of peace refers to [[inner peace]]: a state of [[mind]], [[body]] and perhaps [[soul]], a peace within ourselves. People that experience inner peace say that the feeling is not dependent on time, people, place, or any external object or situation, asserting that an individual may experience inner peace even in the midst of [[war]].
Some people believe peace can help them avoid self-consciousness, such as hippies of the 1960s {{Fact|date=February 2007}}. An affirmative definition for the concept of peace is, as worded by Sevi Regis: "the state or condition of restfulness, harmony, balance, equilibrium, longevity, justice, resolution, timelessness, contentment, freedom, and fulfillment, either individually or simultaneously present, in such a way that it overcomes, demolishes, banishes, and/or replaces everything that opposes it."
Some people believe peace can help them avoid self-consciousness, such as hippies of the 1960s. An affirmative definition for the concept of peace is, as worded by Sevi Regis: "the state or condition of restfulness, harmony, balance, equilibrium, longevity, justice, resolution, timelessness, contentment, freedom, and fulfillment, either individually or simultaneously present, in such a way that it overcomes, demolishes, banishes, and/or replaces everything that opposes it."
=== Peace and quiet ===
=== Peace and quiet ===