Did Tolkien find the idea of war honourable? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Athaniel · 02-03-2004, 08:05 AM

The "Most esteemed and honoured men" in LOTR are not merely good fighters striving for their glory on the battlefield as an end by itself, but also men of learning, enhanced in the arts and gentleness, who do not kill whithout necessity and have compassion for the weak and innocent, an ideal which somehow reminds you of Plato's claim that philosophers should be kings (mind also that the hands of a king are the hands of a healer).

02-03-2004, 08:05 AM	#29
Athaniel Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Tirion Posts: 13	The "Most esteemed and honoured men" in LOTR are not merely good fighters striving for their glory on the battlefield as an end by itself, but also men of learning, enhanced in the arts and gentleness, who do not kill whithout necessity and have compassion for the weak and innocent, an ideal which somehow reminds you of Plato's claim that philosophers should be kings (mind also that the hands of a king are the hands of a healer). __________________ elan síla lúmen' omentielvo

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