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Forum: The Books
12-12-2002, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 13,636
Posted By
Kalessin
Littlemanpoet smilies/smile.gif. I'd like to...Littlemanpoet smilies/smile.gif. I'd like to read your writing, do tell me where I can find it? I do think there's a teensie-weensie element of "them and us" here, and one that's natural... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
12-12-2002, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 12,265
Posted By
Kalessin
Um, I've been reading the new forum rules and I...Um, I've been reading the new forum rules and I realise that I'm not allowed to add a reply that just says - Yeah, I agree with Lush ... smilies/smile.gif - which is a shame, as I... |
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Forum: The Books
12-12-2002, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 15,146
Posted By
Kalessin
I first read LotR at age 11 or so ... or I should...I first read LotR at age 11 or so ... or I should say, I started it. I tried again a couple of times over the next three years, but although I was a major fantasy fan and an avid reader, I found it... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
12-12-2002, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 25,504
Posted By
Kalessin
Tirinor makes the valid point about the...Tirinor makes the valid point about the 'scientific' first cause having no more validity than anything else, including the empirical conundrum itself. I heard Richard Dawkins (of Selfish Gene... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
12-12-2002, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 12,265
Posted By
Kalessin
Bah humbug smilies/redface.gif
Rather...Bah humbug smilies/redface.gif Rather than kowtow to the hegemony of self-actualising hedonism, I will refine my crankiness through arcane and long-forgotten alchemy until it becomes, indeed,... |
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Forum: The Books
12-09-2002, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,358
Posted By
Kalessin
I would put this one firmly under that catchall...I would put this one firmly under that catchall "poetic license" smilies/smile.gif By the way, I have seen elsewhere on these boards definitive references to Tolkien's conception of ME... |
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Forum: The Books
12-09-2002, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 16,649
Posted By
Kalessin
Cudae
Sorry to be so argumentative, I really...Cudae Sorry to be so argumentative, I really do appreciate your posts and your thoughtful exploring of these fascinating issues - but the attempt to reduce (or reappraise) music as a mathematical... |
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Forum: The Books
12-09-2002, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,454
Posted By
Kalessin
Whilst not exactly sited in Middle Earth, I would...Whilst not exactly sited in Middle Earth, I would VERY STRONGLY recommend reading Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham and Leaf By Niggle which are exceptional, charming and touching stories. I would place... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
12-09-2002, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 12,265
Posted By
Kalessin
Absolutely smilies/smile.gif
The fact that...Absolutely smilies/smile.gif The fact that my post was attempting to make a mild comment in a humorous way implies how deeply (or not) I feel about the whole issue. However, as a professional... |
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Forum: The Books
12-09-2002, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 13,636
Posted By
Kalessin
The interesting question posed begs another - a...The interesting question posed begs another - a working and acceptable definition of the fantasy genre. If, as it unfortuantely appears from time to time, what qualifies a work as fantasy is... |
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Forum: The Books
12-09-2002, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 20,040
Posted By
Kalessin
Aiwendil
As you say, there is a...Aiwendil As you say, there is a whole discussion on what, or who, dictates something is as true as necessary. While a debate on evolution theory (which need not deconstruct to the level of... |
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Forum: The Books
12-08-2002, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,748
Posted By
Kalessin
Thenamir, I am still unsure about your argument...Thenamir, I am still unsure about your argument concerning justice as a validation of the state, the executive - or status quo. You say The problem I have is that whilst the hierarchy of... |
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Forum: The Books
12-08-2002, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 20,040
Posted By
Kalessin
Aiwendil
In discussing the censorship of...Aiwendil In discussing the censorship of alternative scientific theories, with evolution as the example, you say - To me this implies that logic can be used definitively to prove that... |
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Forum: The Books
12-08-2002, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 16,649
Posted By
Kalessin
Aiwendil, your reply illustrates perfectly the...Aiwendil, your reply illustrates perfectly the dichotomy I attempted to explain earlier, and my particular way out of it (or through it, or behind it etc. smilies/smile.gif). In Tolkien's works we... |
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Forum: The Books
12-06-2002, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 20,040
Posted By
Kalessin
I tend to agree that toleration should be upheld...I tend to agree that toleration should be upheld at the expense of faith, but faith and toleration are perhaps uneasy bedfellows at the best of times. In the end the deconstruction to 'tolerating... |
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Forum: The Books
12-06-2002, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 16,649
Posted By
Kalessin
Littlemanpoet - your insightful posts here lead...Littlemanpoet - your insightful posts here lead me to wonder if we are trying to have it both ways when review the genre post-Tolkien? If a work is derivative or referential, we rightly criticise it... |
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Forum: The Books
12-06-2002, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,748
Posted By
Kalessin
Lots of great posts since my last foray here ...Lots of great posts since my last foray here smilies/smile.gif Thenamir, you make a valid point about how, in the context of LotR, free will can be considered valid as an outcome of an initial... |
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Forum: The Books
12-04-2002, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 20,040
Posted By
Kalessin
Aiwendil, you will see from my post that I agree...Aiwendil, you will see from my post that I agree with you that both causal determinism (why do we always end up here smilies/smile.gif) or a general philosophical construction in this context of... |
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Forum: The Books
12-04-2002, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,759
Posted By
Kalessin
davem (thanks for initiating this excellent...davem (thanks for initiating this excellent thread), you have a strong argument. It is possible to assert that a method (ie. The Ring, Technology etc.) are in themselves merely a manifestation of... |
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Forum: The Books
12-04-2002, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 20,040
Posted By
Kalessin
Squatter, I agree with you about the word...Squatter, I agree with you about the word 'indoctrination', which might be meant here in its most innocuous sense, but which has unavoidable connotations (we're talking cultural revolution and... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
12-03-2002, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 42,866
Posted By
Kalessin
Estel, just a small point, but you know how...Estel, just a small point, but you know how easily I am diverted by philosophical puzzles smilies/smile.gif ... I can't help feeling that the classic ontological argument framed initially, I... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
12-03-2002, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 42,866
Posted By
Kalessin
Estel, Sharon
It is something of the...Estel, Sharon It is something of the ambiguity and universality of Tolkien's work that it lends itself so readily to the supposition of, if not allegory, a 'weighted' symbolism - and equally to... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
12-02-2002, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 12,265
Posted By
Kalessin
Well, the forums I mentioned actually only exist...Well, the forums I mentioned actually only exist in my fevered imagination smilies/smile.gif. The judgement about whether or how the organisation or structure of an edifice (a bulletin board, a... |
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Forum: The Books
12-02-2002, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,759
Posted By
Kalessin
MLD ...
You are misquoting me, and...MLD ... You are misquoting me, and that is not what I meant either. I did NOT say that Tolkien's representation of the Shire was linked to WWI munitions factories appearing in the... |
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Forum: The Books
12-01-2002, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 20,040
Posted By
Kalessin
As Keneldil says, banning books is attempting to...As Keneldil says, banning books is attempting to address a symptom (violence among children, secularism etc.) and arguably misreading the cause. Cudae, it is reasonable in principle for a school... |
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