Kant explicitly distinguishes the voluntary league (Völkerbund) from a coercive state of nations (Völkerstaat) as categorically different political forms, not developmental stages.

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Categorically different(arguing that weak dominance is not a weaker version of strong dominance, but something entirely separate): Fundamentally different in kind or type, rather than just different in degree or strength—like how a dog differs from a rock, not just like how a large dog differs from a small one.
Kant(as used in epistemology and metaphysics): Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was an influential German philosopher who argued that our minds shape how we experience reality, and that we can only truly know things as they appear to us, not as they are in themselves.
Völkerbund(as a type of political organization that Kant discussed): A German word meaning 'league of nations'—an association where independent countries voluntarily agree to cooperate and follow rules they've chosen together, but can't be forced to obey.
Völkerstaat(as a type of political organization that Kant discussed)

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