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PotbellyHairyfoot
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Post Quote of the week - Nov.16/03 (3.II)
on: November 16, 2003 05:02
From The Two Towers, chapter II, The Riders of Rohan:
'Good and Ill have not changed since yesteryear;nor are they one thing amongElves and dwarves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house."


[Edited on 28/1/2004 by Figwit]
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Post RE: Quote of the week - Nov.16/03 (3.II)
on: November 18, 2003 12:06
I just love this quote, personally, because it's one of the rare times when Tolkien says something about his perception of ethics and morality. And he's a Kantian!
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Post RE: Quote of the week - Nov.16/03 (3.II)
on: November 18, 2003 12:26
oh go on, explain Kant in no more than 5 sentences for all of us who don't know about these things.....
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Post RE: Quote of the week - Nov.16/03 (3.II)
on: November 20, 2003 07:01
I'm going to take this quote as Aragorn strating that there is only one definition of good and evil. They are exactly the same for everyone.
In Middle-earth it is a lot easier to decide though. If you are evil you follow the Dark Lord, and if you are good ; you don't.
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