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Originally Posted by Zigūr
This reminds me of the idea I argued in another thread that Boromir had, arguably, the learning of the High without the usually correlative wisdom, which was why he simultaneously was capable of desiring to effect grand schemes with the Ring and struggled to resist its temptations.
But of course anyone would indeed have succumbed eventually, although Boromir lacked humility as a substitute for or alternative to wisdom also. Yet the Ring was ultimately irresistible in the same way that it could not be conventionally destroyed. Everyone would have made the same choice as Frodo if they had been in his position at the Crack of Doom. Sauron himself could not have voluntarily destroyed the Ring.
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Everyone alive would have made the same choice as Frodo. There are possible exceptions to this.
I dislike the notion that being a 'High' man with wisdom makes you less susceptible to the corruption of the ring. It is a matter of character. A relatively uneducated Hobbit like Sam was able to resist due to his good Hobbit sense. At the same time Hobbit like creature, Smeagol, was utterly ensnared. Faramir and Denethor are two people of equal education and power of mind. These are two examples of what a Numenorean used to be. Faramir is noble and does resist the ring, but Denethor equally as wise as Faramir would have taken it.