Actually as regards the Elessar, it was the sun that had degenerated, the second Elessar was said to be more clear and subtle.
Adanedhel:"I think we have to be careful to differentiate power from wisdom."
Agreed.
by power I mean the ability and energy to create effective action on various planes.
In this specific qurey it is essentially about non-physical [i.e. non warrior/fighting] power.
by wisdom I understand an ability to understand and discern a right course of action, truth from falsehood and a general effective mental benevolance.
The 2 should [and can] be linked, and indeed this is the ideal, as typified in Galadriel. Feanor is the opposite, maximum power, minimum Wisdom.
I thought it desrved it's own thread becuase I have never seen this obscure little subject covered, and it veered away from the Melian/Galadriel topic, though somewhat related.
So if all agreed on the variously defined terms, we can now begin to talk speaking and meaning the same thhings by the same words.
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The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.
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