tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post3714915970997099113..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: TA Shippey on Tolkien: Take courage - things may not be as bad as they seemBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-79186813697748460482011-06-19T15:49:15.716+01:002011-06-19T15:49:15.716+01:00It's in part the split between appearance and ...It's in part the split between appearance and reality.<br /><br />If you take appearance to be a cause and not an effect, often things seem more dire than they are.<br /><br />But what you're really seeing is a small part of a larger system.<br /><br />It's something to consider in the context of religion. What if all we knew as "reality" was merely a tiny part, not even a percent, of what is?<br /><br />Things to ponder, I suppose.Brett Stevenshttp://www.amerika.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-57682217349686256542011-06-15T07:26:54.505+01:002011-06-15T07:26:54.505+01:00'I wish none of this had happened.
So do all ...'I wish none of this had happened.<br /><br />So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time given to us.'<br /><br />I have that quote on my Ipod.Dedicated Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-90706430942747786282011-06-14T15:53:25.718+01:002011-06-14T15:53:25.718+01:00i noticed a similar ethos in prussian military doc...i noticed a similar ethos in prussian military doctrine to tolkien/shippey's idea of the unseen being important. robert citino writes about how prussians tended to attack in battle when they could, which would tie down the enemy and buy time for their fellows out of sight to come and hit the enemy in the side or rear, similar to sauron being distracted by battle while frodo sneaks into mordor, which i think shippey points out.<br /><br />the prussians had to be brave and had to trust their fellow soldiers.<br /><br />i think the tv show 24 played on this idea too--individuals fighting evil sometimes on their own, it looks helpless, but the many little efforts have cumulative effects.Mike Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076721303612820935noreply@blogger.com