How can hope and despair be akin? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

01-25-2006, 06:38 PM

I don't suppose I've ever thought about it before, but hope and despair are almost polar opposites, at least where Dictionary.com is concerned.

Anyway, I'd say that Aragorn's statement reflects your theory on the meaninglessness of life: It only mattered that they succeeded in thier struggle, for the benefit of the future, and whether or not they perished in the attempt was secondary.

01-25-2006, 06:38 PM	#10
Moksha Guest Posts: n/a	I don't suppose I've ever thought about it before, but hope and despair are almost polar opposites, at least where Dictionary.com is concerned. Anyway, I'd say that Aragorn's statement reflects your theory on the meaninglessness of life: It only mattered that they succeeded in thier struggle, for the benefit of the future, and whether or not they perished in the attempt was secondary.