MILESTONES
c.380
BC
"Republic"
1215
Magna
Carta
1516
"Utopia"
1528
"On
Civil Power"
1625
"On
The Law
of War and Peace"
1648
Peace
of Westphalia
1650-1799
Enlightenment
1689
"Two
Treatises of Government"
1762
"Social
Contract"
July
4, 1776
US
Declaration of Independence
September
17, 1787
US
Constitution
August
26, 1789
Declaration
of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
September
25, 1789
US
Bill of Rights
1793
Department
of Peace
1795
"Perpetual
Peace"
May
18, 1899
Hague
Peace Conference
1901
Nobel
Peace Prize
January
8, 1918
14
Points
June
28, 1919
League
of Nations
1933
The
New Deal
January
6, 1941
The
Four Freedoms
October
24, 1945
The
United Nations
August,
1947
World
Federalist Movement
December
10, 1948
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
1955
"Let
There Be
Peace On Earth"
1956
The
Beloved Community
1960-1963
The
New Frontier
1963-1969
The
Great Society
1970
Earth
Day
October
11, 1971
"Imagine"
1981
International
Day of Peace
1985
77
Theses on the Care of the Earth
1988
Global
Cooperation for a Better World
1991
Earth
Constitution
1992
UNESCO
Culture of Peace Programme
1992
"4000
Ideas & Dreams for a Better World"
1995
Earth
Magna Charta
1995
"When
Corporations Rule The World"
1996
"Peace
On Earth Millennium"
1997
Appeal
of the Nobel Laureates
1998
"Conscious
Evolution"
May
11-15, 1999
Hague
Appeal for Peace
January
1, 2000
One
Day In Peace
June
29, 2000
The
Earth Charter
September,
2000
Millennium
Development Goals
January
25-30, 2001
World
Social Forum
October,
2001
"Better
World Handbook"
2005
Clinton
Global Initiative
July
18, 2007
The
Elders
September
17, 2011
Occupy
Wall Street
Greek
philosopher Plato wrote the first known
utopian proposal in his most famous work,
Republic. Through dialogues and
fictional prose, he described how to create
an ideal peaceful city-state, where justice
reigned and there was no hunger or poverty.
This place would be ruled by "Philosopher
Kings" who would undergo a 50-year
educational process to instill philosophically
thoughtful and compassionate values to
rule wisely and well. This 2400 year old
work influenced many philosophers and
political theorists through the ages and
presented many utopian ideals, but was
limited in its vision. One of the limitations
was that the society was structured in
a rigid caste-system. Citizens were categorized
and stuck in specific socioeconomic classes
- either as 'golden' 'silver' 'bronze'
or 'iron'. 
