I have recently finished reading Lord of the Rings and Philosophy, and I thought that it was very enlightening, and captured many of the aspects of LOTR. Though, it did partly miss many objectives. It had an excellent essay about good and evil in Tolkien's masterpieces. It said the following:
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....Another way to look at evil is to see it as essentially parasitical on goodness. On this view, goodness is necessary for evil, but evil is not necessary for goodness. Evil is like the darkness of a shadow: light is necessary for shadows to exist, but shadows are not necessary for light to exist. Goodness is primary and independent, whereas evil is secondary and dependent on goodness......
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That is one of the many great passages in this book!
I'm curious, though; out of all the people who have read this, what are your thoughts about this book????