I will tell you what war is. War is a psychosis caused by an inability to see relationships. Our relationship with our fellowmen. Our relationship with our economic and historical situation. And above all our relationship to nothingness, to death.

John Fowles
About This Quote

This quote by the Australian writer, poet and playwright Germaine Greer, is a powerful and insightful example of her unique style. She uses her words in creative ways to express what is going on in her mind and heart. The quote begins with war being a psychosis caused by an inability to see relationships. This statement refers to how we look at war in our minds and hearts and see it in a different way than it really is.

We tend to focus on the men who make up the military when we think of wars; however, when we think about the people behind the soldiers, we tend to forget them. When we see war as a psychosis, we can see it for what it truly is: a temporary state in which we are unable to see relationships between us and our fellowman.

Source: The Magus

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