On Fairy Stories - J.R.R. Tolkien

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  • @LordEriolTolkien
    @LordEriolTolkien 3 роки тому +12

    '' How in a little over a generation did one man become the creative equivalent of a people?'' Blurb for LOTR. Perhaps my favourite quote about Tolkien

    • @artofthepossible7329
      @artofthepossible7329 2 роки тому

      I thought it originally described The Silmarilllion? Although I have seen various books quote reviews from an author's work in general and not just that book in particular, perhaps this was a similar case.

    • @MasterBlaster220
      @MasterBlaster220 2 роки тому

      He had acess to the British archives. He said himself that his works are are our true hidden history, particularly that of the Europeans. The Simmarilion goes back into the Antediluvian world and the similarities are striking. Its not accurate oup to the details, but a lot is.

  • @Vingul
    @Vingul 3 роки тому +6

    Favourite essay/lecture ever!

  • @johnnewisland7720
    @johnnewisland7720 3 роки тому +5

    This is food for the Anglo soul

  • @TheShredfest89
    @TheShredfest89 3 роки тому +3

    This takes 4-6 times going through to even understand it in any sense

  • @theeviloverlord7168
    @theeviloverlord7168 2 роки тому +2

    Interesting, but it sounds like it was read like an AI and how stilted the speech is makes it rather more difficult to follow than it has to be.

  • @LordEriolTolkien
    @LordEriolTolkien 3 роки тому +4

    I only find one flaw in this essay, which is to be expected as I am an atheist, and cannot/do not make the same mythopoeic leap of justification that my literary hero for the truth of Christianity; but that aside, I concur with all else that he writes. Indeed this essay has long formed the basis of my insight into myth and legend.
    If you ever get the chance/inclination I have always found 'Leaf by Niggle' to be one of his most revealing and somehow magical.
    ''It's a gift!''

    • @carolinus7566
      @carolinus7566 Рік тому +1

      My friend do read or listen(& it neednt be via computerised 'voice' as here) to nihilism by seraphim rose. These queries are all answered in that short book.

  • @carolinus7566
    @carolinus7566 Рік тому

    Bruh, this needs breath, & vocal cords. Many of your uploads do really.

  • @Charlemagne_III
    @Charlemagne_III 3 роки тому

    Excessively boring. Should I listen past 20 minutes?

    • @SkepticalWaves
      @SkepticalWaves  3 роки тому +15

      Perhaps cultivate your attention for less than interesting but still relevant information?

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 3 роки тому +9

      Listening is an acquired taste, but I can read it again and again, and have done. It’s not for autists who can only comprehend cogs and wheels, mind. ;-)

    • @SkepticalWaves
      @SkepticalWaves  3 роки тому +9

      Or maybe @Charlemange's French blood is acting up...

    • @universalflamethrower6342
      @universalflamethrower6342 3 роки тому +1

      yes it is the right kind of boring

    • @LordEriolTolkien
      @LordEriolTolkien 2 роки тому +3

      This should either be read, or read by a human with some eloquence