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Originally Posted by lmp
It is the will to dominate other wills that corrupts; to have one's own way regardless of the effect upon others.
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I believe that this is already a manifestation of corruption and that power is a powerful catalyst of it. And such power can be either "external" (such as hierarchy) or "internal" (such as the ability itself to convince).
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Both schools of thought point to something true about Evil. When "logicked" out, they exclude each other. The exclusion is the problem.
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I agree; however, they don't apply to Tolkien's world, for the very reasons you mentioned. Therefore, I believe that the attempt itself to use either or both here is faulty and that the main traits of this subject can be safely discerned in Ea.