ABSTRACT
THE political principle in the sense of military force exists in the whole domain of cultural history, and as we know, the results of the use of political force can either be constructive or can bring about disaster. War has two aspects, that of waste and that of creativeness. Thus there are two types of war: the war of cross-fertilization, and the war of extinction which is without any creative or constructive after effects. All civil wars are wars of extinction, for which the only remedy is their prevention forever, by means of a federation of states. The main positive function of war is its unifying cross-fertilizing effects through the creation of larger sized units which thus have a greater scope for development through bringing different cultural units into closer relationship.
