Re: Betreft: Re: Steg's wonderful .sig (and a question)

Steg Belsky wrote:

> It's cool, and i understand the ending sum-up of the idea, about
> creation, but i'm not sure if i understand the relation of the ommitted
> lines to the main idea, or why they were omitted....i'm not sure if i
> even understand the bracketed lines that well at all.
Well, I guess comment is not so superfluous after all.  :->

In the first omission, Tolkien is refuting the claim that myths (by extension,
any fictions) are mere lies (and as such Satanic in origin).  In the second, he
talks about the creation of secondary worlds; the "great Artefact" is the Primary
World, which is not divine.

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John Cowan      http://www.reutershealth.com            jcowan@reutershealth.com
Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! / Schliess eurer Aug vor heiliger Schau
Den er genoss vom Honig-Tau / Und trank die Milch vom Paradies.
                -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)