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bilbo_baggins · 05-06-2004, 02:32 PM

Somehow this is sounding less and less like Tolkien. Seriously. Where is this discussion headed? To find the Truth, one must look hard, true.

Now, all this talk of whether or not Tolkien was giving us some archetypal truth; that's for the reader of Tolkien's works to decide, not for some community such as we to decide is 'canon'. It just isn't right, to force your ideas of Tolkien's archetypal Truths on others. Let others figure out what Tolkien (or his works) means to them. It can mean different things to different people.

05-06-2004, 02:32 PM	#250
bilbo_baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In my front hallway, grabbing my staff, about to head out my door Posts: 275	Somehow this is sounding less and less like Tolkien. Seriously. Where is this discussion headed? To find the Truth, one must look hard, true. Now, all this talk of whether or not Tolkien was giving us some archetypal truth; that's for the reader of Tolkien's works to decide, not for some community such as we to decide is 'canon'. It just isn't right, to force your ideas of Tolkien's archetypal Truths on others. Let others figure out what Tolkien (or his works) means to them. It can mean different things to different people. __________________ "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and with more knowledge comes more grief."