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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet
Allow me to quote myself, since I have offered the only reasonable answer to your debate, which would have been unnecessary had you paid attention.  |
You didn't really expect us to go along with that, did you?
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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet
So to say that Melkor was evil itself, would be too Manichaean. To say that evil originated with Eru would be taking the Boethian argument too far. Both points of view are going to be able to find material in Tolkien to support your view because he put both in there. He kept them in balance. We would do well to do the same in our understanding of his works.
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And if I ignored you, it was because I didn't really understand this Shippey fella's ideas and what significance they have to our debate. And I'm afraid I don't now either. Perhaps I'm not clever enough.
Did Tolkien ever use these terms?