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The paper is devoted to the comparative analysis of the concepts of war and peace in the works of two German thinkers: I. Kant and E. Jünger, which are relevant in connection with the necessity to draw new boundaries between war and peace in the context of escalating international tensions, changes in the forms and methods of warfare. The author outlines the reasons for a comparative analysis of the thinkers' ideas, reconstructs their concepts of war and peace, and traces the evolution of the concepts. In the course of the work the author applied such research methods as historical-biographical analysis, discourse analysis, political-textual analysis, reconstruction method, induction and comparative analysis. The use of the comparative method is due to two reasons. Firstly, the interval between the key works of the authors "Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch" (1795) by I. Kant and "The Peace" (1945) by E. Jünger, which contain projects of peaceful arrangement, is one and a half century, which is an important basis for analyzing the evolution of peace projects in the works of German thinkers. Secondly, the analysis of E. Jünger's diaries carried out showed that the influence of the philosopher on Jünger's socio-political projects, which had been denied until then, could have taken place. The author comes to the conclusion that in the works of both thinkers there are common definitions of war: war-duel, extermination war, war as an inevitable tragedy and at the same time a transforming force on the way to the "civil state". Both authors contrast war with the military state, peace union with the peace treaty, and the union of peoples with the state of nations, believing in the conclusion of an alternative-free peace through the development of intelligence. Nevertheless, despite the large number of unifying ideas, it is difficult to speak indisputably about the influence of Kant's ideas on Jünger.