June 5th, 2019
Tolkien is well known for his interest in the internal consistency of his fictional world, from geography to history to language. But he was also interested in another kind of consistency. Metaphysical consistency not only within the work but between his work and reality (as he did not consider him to offer alternatives to reality). Scholars discuss the nature of Tolkien’s metaphysics. Jonathan S. MacIntosh argues that the idea of St. Thomas Aquinas provides the most fruitful metaphysical lens for examining China.
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Fire is immortal: The metaphysics of Tolkien, St. Thomas, and Faerie https://angelicopress.org/product/the-flame-imperishable/
Jonathan’s Immortal Blog of Fire https://jonathansmcintosh.wordpress.com/
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