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Once he is separated from his Ring, he loses much of his power and can't even take on physical form.
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Just a minor thing to the topic of the thread, but he can take on a physical form, and he does even before we briefly read about him as the Necromancer in "The Hobbit."
But, to talk about the thread, I think you're on to something...
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...it was beyond the will of any (even his own) to injure it, cast it away, or neglect it. So he thought. It was in any case on his finger.
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I think this is a clue that The Ring is the true master. One might think that if anyone had enough "will" or "power" to destroy it, it's creator would, but Sauron is mastered by it himself. There would be no reason for him to destroy it (in fact it would mean the end of him), but the quote points out that he did not even have the will to destroy it. And another important thing is Sauron will be destroyed forever if the Ring is, but the Ring can survive without Sauron.
Sorry if I'm going in circles with this, but I think it works rather circular. The Ring is "bound" to a Master, and answers to a Master, but if the ring is destroyed then the Master is destroyed. So you might think of it as a Master-Master relationship. "The Master" has the power over the Ring, but without the ring's survival, it's master doesn't survive. My brain hurts...good thread idea.
