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04-14-2008, 10:43 AM | #1 | ||||
The Ñoldóran
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Arda Healed vs. Arda Unmarred (or Good vs. Evil)
This is a concept that has fascinated me since I first read 'The Lost Tales' years and years ago.
In The Music of the Ainur in The Lost Tales (1), this quote has always fascinated me: Quote:
Further quote, from HoME X, Annals of Aman: Quote:
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So, my question is, re: good and evil - if Evil is good to have been, and creates greater beauty than good could have on its own (as these quotes seem to be saying) is Evil really, well...evil? Despite what Mandos replies in to Manwë's comments on my second quote ['And yet still be evil'], it seems to me that looking at it this way, Evil is not the opposite of good, but the complement of it. Just ideas. I'd love to have comments.
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