The Ascent of Man - 2 The Harvest of the Seasons 5/5

Description: labours of other men. ~ PROKOFIEV: Romeo And Juliet (Thunder rumbles) And that conjunction says something important about the origins of war in human history. Of course, it's tempting to close one's eyes to history and instead to speculate about the roots of war in some possible animal instinct. As if, like the tiger, we still had to kill to live or like the robin red breast, to defend a nesting territory. But war, organised war, is not a human instinct. It is a highly planned and co- ...