In search of civilizational balance and its philosophical meaning as statu quo, peace and restoration

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  • José Manuel Sánchez Fernández

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https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.208.03

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the convergence between the dimensions of the status quo, peace, and restoration to build a balanced situation or pact understood as a civilizing concept. To do this, we select its most important milestones that we group into three phases based on relevant historical-philosophical examples. The first refers to the context of war in ancient Greece and the Ara Pacis monument in Rome, whose meaning is political as well as religious. The second is located in early modernity when F. Bacon proposes a religious instauratio as the basis for the new science. In front of it are erected the models of radical Enlightenment in Spinoza and (third phase) of restorative Constitution (Verfassung) in Hegel. In conclusion, we point out the dissolution of the balance oriented to the pact and its subsequent neutralization today.

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Published

2025-06-18

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Sánchez Fernández, J. M. (2025). In search of civilizational balance and its philosophical meaning as statu quo, peace and restoration. Revista De Estudios Políticos, (208), 77–107. https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.208.03

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