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Originally Posted by Aiwendil
Not necessarily. That a thing is perfect does not necessarily mean that it is better than all other things. For example, I think that Mozart's 41st symphony is just about as nearly "perfect" as any piece of music can be. But I think that Beethoven's 5th symphony is better - more imperfect, but better.
But I don't think that the question of whether the posited relations of Arda Unmarred, Arda Marred, and Arda Healed are possible need be entered into. It seems quite clear to me that, whatever our views, Tolkien at least believed that such things made sense. I would've thought that, as a member of the "Author's Intention" party, you would take Tolkien's word and leave it at that . . .
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But surely 'Perfect' is Perfect & cannot be bettered. Perfect implies absence of any flaws. If a thing can be bettered it is not perfect. And if we are speaking of something made/concieved by a perfect being surely the thing should be beyond improvement?
As to the quotes you gave re: Arda Envinyantar - these are only Elvish speculations or hopes, it seems to me, & therefore we cannot necessarily take them as 'facts'.