[Mandos]

Yes, Tolkien based many things on the Finnish
Kalevala. However, if pure evil was nothing, than pure good was nothing, and none of us are really pure evil or pure good adds up to nothing times nothing which is nothing. I assure you that I am not nothing. So for there to be something, there must be a good and evil which is not nothing. See the logic here? Things must be in a BALANCE!!! Good and Evil which are things. If they were nothing, we wouldnt be here and that is that. You are over analyzing a simple problem, one of the most important facts of our universe is not a quantom theory equation, its easy to understand. Its not a paradox, but an equealibreum that is constantly maintained.