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Old 08-01-2005, 03:56 AM   #17
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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh with nice rounded summation of much discussed 'C' issue:

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Originally Posted by The Squatter of Amon Rûdh
Perhaps what is required in the issue of 'canonicity' is the exercise of our own judgement and common sense. No quotation from Tolkien will ever supply that, and nor will our freedom of interpretation. Somewhere between the two is a medium in which both are important, which is pleasingly similar to the position of the text. It stands poised between the author and the reader, so clearly something is required from both in order for the circuit to be completed. I simply do not understand why one should have to be the master, as though one were to ask whether the ability to speak or the ability to understand were more important in conversation
Canonicity thread, post #504
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