LotR -- Book 6 - Chapter 2 - The Land of Shadow

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Originally Posted by Kuruharan

Hmm...you may have a point about that. Hasty choice of words on my part.

However, I don't think that the part of Sauron that went into the Ring was entirely "Sauron" after that point. I think it was something else...note how if somebody else (read Gandalf) claimed the Ring and mastered it the Ring would be able to survive even though Sauron's spirit would be permanently broken.

The Ring would survive, of course. It's physical being was not tied to Sauron's survival. Whether or it's will/fea/sentience/etc would survive is somewhat different.

That's being rather picky, of course, but the survival of the Ring and the survival of its will are not completely the same thing, according to our understanding of speech.

In general, I agree with your statements, but your assertion there was somewhat flawed.