text: Three Definitive Articles would provide not merely a cessation of hostilities, but a foundation on which to build a peace.
  "The Civil Constitution of Every State Should Be Republican"
  "The Law of Nations Shall be Founded on a Federation of Free States"
  "The Law of World Citizenship Shall Be Limited to Conditions of Universal Hospitality"
  Kant argued against a world government on the grounds that it would be prone to tyranny. He instead advocated for league of independent republican states akin to the intergovernmental organizations that would emerge over a century and a half later.
  Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814)
  The year of the battle at Jena (1806), when Napoleon overwhelmed Prussia, Johann Gottlieb Fichte in Characteristics of the Present Age described what he perceived to be a very deep and dominant historical trend:
  Supranational movements
  International organizations started forming in the late 19th century, among the earliest being the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1863, the Telegraphic Union in 1865 and the Universal Postal Union in 1874. The increase in international trade at the turn of the 20th century accelerated the formation of international organizations, and, by the start of World War I in 1914, there were approximately 450 of them.