The Root of all Evil.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Gold itself isn't evil, but those who desire it to get filthy rich are. (B88)

On the thing with Galadriel's "golden hair" . . . (B88)

These two quotes came to me together, and it hit me. Would Fëanor's future greedy love for the Silmarilli stem from his desire to get the gold (and silver) light--from Galadriel's hair, for example?

I remember that from his speech before the Noldor of the Fish--I mean Túna--he said something like, "When we recover the Silmarils from Morgoth, we alone shall be masters of the unsullied light." What, is light a marketable commodity now, too? What's with this greed for light?