That was an excellent pair of posts,
davem. I think I'm just going to call you "Mr. Philosopher, Sir" from now on.
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Goodness is necessary for evil, but evil is not necessary for goodness.
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This is correct, in my opinion, but I would like to add something. Evil is necessary for goodness to be known as goodness. It serves as a 'standard of comparison', so to speak, or a control in an experiment. If you have only light, you do not know what anything else can be (unless someone tells you...), but if you have shadows and light, then you clearly see the difference. So if you have only light, you will not realize what darkness is. Can this cause a heightened vulnerability to darkness? Ie, if you know your enemy you will be better prepared against it?
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Which, I suppose, begs the question, is Amdir as important as Estel, & is the Elves lack of a capacity for Amdir the real cause of their tragedy?
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Isn't Estel a form of Amdir?