{"id":32378,"date":"2026-03-23T20:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/?p=32378"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:17:02","slug":"march-2026-crack-in-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/en\/2026\/03\/23\/march-2026-crack-in-time\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2026, Crack in Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"vc_row-69f4a98a39232\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid thegem-custom-69f4a98a391fd8136\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 thegem-custom-69f4a98a3984d5792\" ><div class=\"vc_column-inner thegem-custom-inner-69f4a98a3984f\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper thegem-custom-69f4a98a3984d5792\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  thegem-vc-text thegem-custom-69f4a98a39db46848\"  >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span class=\"light\" style=\"color: #730037;\">March 2026, Crack in Time<\/span><\/h3>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<style>@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a39db46848{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a39db46848{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a39db46848{position: relative !important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a39db46848{position: relative !important;}}<\/style>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  thegem-vc-text thegem-custom-69f4a98a39f8c5708\"  >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201cA critical, violent moment is our historical era, one world is crumbling, another has not yet been born. Our era is not a moment of balance, when kindness, compromise, peace, love would be fruitful virtues. We no longer fit into the old virtues and hopes, the old theories and actions\u201d <\/em>(Nikos Kazantzakis, Salvatores Dei, 1927).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-32347 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Month of March and the movement in nature intensifies, as it prepares to welcome its daughter Persephone &#8211; Spring. As the myth says, Persephone was so beautiful that Pluto fell in love with her and took her with him to Hades \u2013 the underworld. In nature, when Persephone leaves, winter prevails among people, oblivion of archetypal values \u200b\u200band virtues, confusion, rationalized solutions for the collective &#8220;good&#8221;, savagery, injustice, violation of the right of citizens and peoples to self-determination.<\/p>\n<p>This spring, as much as nature calls us to follow it in its own kallos (beauty), the war we have called for distances us from this perspective. The case for a world without wars is based on the principle that human, in his deepest nature, is potentially a peaceful being. The view of peace as a necessity for survival and essential welfare is based on the principle that violence and war are inherent in human nature. War and peace are related to the violent or peaceful nature of human or to evil and good respectively. Two opposing cosmogenic forces interact in the cosmic cycle of &#8220;sphairos&#8221;, as the philosopher Empedocles mentions in his work <em>On Nature<\/em>. One, the unifying power of Philotes as love that unites everything with knowledge, and the other, the repulsive power of Neikos as strife, where it separates everything. In cosmic evolution, where philotes and neikos alternate, when neikos fully dominates, philotes takes over to unite all the scattered elements and neikos is exiled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/allegory-of-peace-and-war.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-32348 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/allegory-of-peace-and-war-214x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/allegory-of-peace-and-war-214x300.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/allegory-of-peace-and-war-732x1024.jpeg 732w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/allegory-of-peace-and-war-768x1074.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/allegory-of-peace-and-war-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/allegory-of-peace-and-war.jpeg 772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a>Another philosopher, Heraclitus, tells us that the origin of everything is the conflict of opposites, which constitutes the driving force of development. The balancing of opposites and the inability of one to completely dominate the other is called harmony, and it is secured through the introduction of the logos, which is xynos, that is, common to all\u2014knowledge as opposed to mere perception, and something that concerns everyone. Harmony is ensured through the common logos! People must know common logos as the basic unifying principle that unites opposites. The logos, common to all, is the causality of the world. Common does not mean innate in all people, but widespread throughout the world and recognizable. It is the potential of human nature for knowledge and love. However, although logos is common and it should reflect in everyone&#8217;s thinking, many persons live as if each person had their own perception instead of the logos.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2574\" data-end=\"4503\">Plato considers the causes of war to be the unlimited pursuit of wealth, greed, and great economic inequality among citizens. Consequence of economic transformation: disunity, competition, greed and moral corruption. This city-state, as outlined by Socrates, is relevant and quite well-known in our days. Due to the need to avoid this city, Plato constructs an ideal state where the city and the citizen are healthily interdependent. His interest is the cultivation of the soul, which will aim at its virtue. Plato asks that knowledge of the nature of the soul (Republic 618) become a model, an example, a request, a guide for the state. Citizens become just by knowing their nature, by taking responsibility for themselves. Cities become just because the laws are supervised for their abidance by just guardians and are governed by just rulers. The guardians and the rulers are the excellent in terms of education, the virtue ultimately, and that is why Plato&#8217;s aristocracy does not refer to elitism, but to those who excel in virtue, in true worthiness. Internal justice, both individual and of the city, ensures the peaceful coexistence and cooperation of city-states. Fair city-states are the prerequisite for world peace.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4505\" data-end=\"4624\">Clement of Alexandria says: &#8220;The works of righteousness are peace.&#8221; Peace is a state of social justice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4626\" data-end=\"5530\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gandolfi_-_Allegory_of_Justice.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-32352 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gandolfi_-_Allegory_of_Justice-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gandolfi_-_Allegory_of_Justice-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gandolfi_-_Allegory_of_Justice-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gandolfi_-_Allegory_of_Justice-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gandolfi_-_Allegory_of_Justice-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.elstea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gandolfi_-_Allegory_of_Justice.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Humans are part of nature, subject to its laws and governed in a necessary way by passions. It describes human relationships under the rule of passions. Therefore, the relationships that develop within a political society, like any interpersonal relationship, are conducted under the rule of passions. Spinoza&#8217;s theory of the passions allows for the explanation of the institutional dysfunctions that lie at the &#8220;starting point&#8221; of the self-destruction of most political societies. The way to cure these institutional dysfunctions is conceived through the theory of passions, through the correction of nous (mind). It is the liberation from the bondage of passions. The turning of the mind closer to the xynos-common logos of Heraclitus also turns emotions towards joy, frees man from the bondage of passions and leads him to justice and peace (B. Spinoza).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5532\" data-end=\"6268\">Human is inherently good. He was healthy, kind, self-sufficient in nature. The accumulation of property created the expansion of inequality, selfish self-love, the need to demonstrate a higher social status, philautia, inequality, slavery, unhappiness. Thus, primitive equality disappeared and ownership was legislated, which brought distress. The evolution of society leads people to hate each other, to the extent that their interests conflict. Human was born free, but everywhere he is chained, he must be freed from the chains (Jean-Jacques Rousseau). The prisoners should be freed from their bonds (Plato, Republic, Allegory of the Cave).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6270\" data-end=\"6438\">Perpetual peace cannot be achieved by treaties or laws alone, but presupposes virtue as the justice of citizens and rulers (Immanuel Kant).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6440\" data-end=\"6837\">The war begins primarily internally with each person. That is why the issue of peace is primarily a personal matter. Human must take responsibility for his own personal weaknesses and fight them. Inner peace as a prerequisite for outer peace is achieved through self-knowledge, discipline, integrity and honor (Albert Camus).<\/p>\n<p>We have read in history, we are witnesses of the last few decades until today, the way of the civilized world to save the world, to brought peace and prosperity to the peoples, to prevent an invisible war and danger with which the peoples are threatened. The way&#8230; interventions in the internal affairs of peoples, strangulation of leaders, provoking wars with unfair, arbitrary, demeaning methods for humanity. The results are evident. Countries in disarray and civil war, people and children dying from starvation and peaceful arrows, the environment is polluted, people oppose each other and realistic causes of war are born. The peoples of the supposedly civilized world who cooperate or consent with their silence to the ways and methods of peace are impoverished, inactivated, and peace and prosperity become a utopia. War and the disregard of institutions and values are being legitimized over peace and human value, both individual and collective. How much more suffering do we need to experience individually, collectively as peoples, as humanity, how many more saviors will we accept before we listen to the words of the Thinkers, immerse ourselves in our thoughts and hearts and say to ourselves&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Love responsibility, say: \u201c<em>I, I alone will save the world. If it perishes, I will be to blame<\/em>\u201d (N. Kazantzakis).<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<style>@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a39f8c5708{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a39f8c5708{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a39f8c5708{position: relative !important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a39f8c5708{position: relative !important;}}<\/style>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69f4a98a3a041 {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69f4a98a3a041\" class=\"gem-divider\" style=\"\" ><\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  thegem-vc-text thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a1a76836\"  >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Bibliography<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Aristotle. <em>Politics<\/em> (Book A, 125b). Zitros.<\/p>\n<p>Kazantzakis, N. (1927). <em>Salvatores Dei<\/em><em>.<\/em> Dioptra.<\/p>\n<p>Camus, A. (2013). <em>The Rebel.<\/em> Pataki.<\/p>\n<p>Clement of Alexandria. <em>Stromata<\/em> (Book IV, chap. 25). Pyrinos Kosmos.<\/p>\n<p>Kant, I. (2006). <em>Towards <\/em><em>Perpetual<\/em><em> Peace: A Philosophical Essay<\/em>. Polis.<\/p>\n<p>Epictetus. <em>Manual \u2013 The art of living: <\/em><em>The Philosophical Life of the Politician.<\/em> Zitros.<\/p>\n<p>Homeric Hymns \u2013 II. To Demeter. (n.d.). <em>Wikisource.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/el.wikisource.org\/wiki\/\u039f\u03bc\u03b7\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03af_\u038e\u03bc\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\/II._\u0395\u03b9\u03c2_\u0394\u03b7\u03bc\u03ae\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\">https:\/\/el.wikisource.org\/wiki\/\u039f\u03bc\u03b7\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03af_\u038e\u03bc\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\/II._\u0395\u03b9\u03c2_\u0394\u03b7\u03bc\u03ae\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plato. <em>Republic <\/em>(Vol. A\u2013B). Zitros.<\/p>\n<p>Spinoza, B. (2009). <em>Ethics.<\/em> Ekkremes.<\/p>\n<p>Spinoza, B. (2012). <em>Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect. <\/em>Polis<\/p>\n<p>Spinoza, B. (2013). <em>Political Treatise<\/em>. Pataki.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<style>@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a1a76836{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a1a76836{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a1a76836{position: relative !important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a1a76836{position: relative !important;}}<\/style>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"vc_row-69f4a98a3a461\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a45a661\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a6494223\" ><div class=\"vc_column-inner thegem-custom-inner-69f4a98a3a64a\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a6494223\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69f4a98a3a6a2 {margin-top: 5px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69f4a98a3a6a2\" class=\"gem-divider\" style=\"\" ><\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1774296946678 thegem-vc-text thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a8001604\"  >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The total or partial <em>reproduction <\/em>of this <em>text <\/em>by electronic, photocopying or any other way is prohibited, without the written <em>permission<\/em> of the author Maria Terzaki.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<style>@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a8001604{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a8001604{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a8001604{position: relative !important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-69f4a98a3a8001604{position: relative !important;}}<\/style>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA critical, violent moment is our historical era, one world is crumbling, another has not yet been born. Our era is not a moment of balance, when kindness, compromise, peace, love would be fruitful virtues. 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