I still do not believe that it makes sense that the flame that Eru Illuvatar set in Feanor's heart would cause him to take actions that so egregiously opposed the will of Manwe, who alone of all the Valar can read the thoughts of the Creator. The suggestion that somehow Manwe could need even fathom Curufinwe's true purpose is within the realm of possibility, but it is merely conjecture that I don't think we can back up in any conventional sense with the texts provided to us (please do not accuse me of being anti-Noldor or anti-Feanor, as some have suggested, as Feanor is one of my favorite characters and one of the most interesting, and the plight of the Noldor is one of the saddest things I have ever read of).
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...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.
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