PIR Quotes № 3 (8), 2025. “History is a stone that we throw into an endless well, and every time it reaches the bottom, only the sound of destruction is heard.”

PIR Quotes

“History is a stone that we throw into an endless well, and every time it reaches the bottom, only the sound of destruction is heard.”

The manifestation of anarchy in international relations is increasingly observed within the transformation of classic geopolitical approaches of states and the inability of international universal organizations to fulfill their tasks of maintaining peace and security. Throughout the history of international relations, no system has been able to prove its sustainability and flexibility.

Decades after the formation of the Yalta-Potsdam system of international relations, we see its fragility.

Today, the words of the Enlightenment thinker Voltaire are more relevant than ever.

“History is a stone that we throw into an endless well, and every time it reaches the bottom, only the sound of destruction is heard.”

Voltaire, 1759

Keywords: Voltaire; History

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E16/SHAH – 25/09/29