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"'And yet less thanks we have than you. Travellers scowl at us, and countrymen give us scornful names. "Strider" I am to one fat man who lives within a day's march of foes that would freeze his heart, or lay his little town in ruin, if he were not guarded ceaselessly. Yet we would not have it otherwise. If simple folk are free from care and fear, simple they will be, and we must be secret to keep them so. That has been the task of my kindred, while the years have lengthened and the grass has grown.'" (Spoken by Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring p 242, emphasis mine)
I wonder about this. Does this not mean that simpleness is a virtue or at least to be desired? If not, does it not suggest that it is a good state for most people? I know I continually scoff at and scorn the simple people who "don't realize the gravity of life and living." Does this prescribe I stop that thought? Whatever the answer to that, I know that not everyone can exist in a simple state, ignorant of the forces at work in the world. I know that I, at least, am called to know and act. Without the solution I will assume that it is my place to know, and do my part to safeguard those hurtless souls who still yet exist. Intuition tells me, with this as supporting evidence, that everyone has there own path, and some are to exist ignorant and yet truly blissful. And in contemplating that, I wish them well, for I envy them. Ignorance is not a virtue, but if not for the presence of evil, virtue would not exist, and, so, neither would ignorance. Peace is the ideal. I must do what I can. I must do what I can. I must do what I can.
I wonder about this. Does this not mean that simpleness is a virtue or at least to be desired? If not, does it not suggest that it is a good state for most people? I know I continually scoff at and scorn the simple people who "don't realize the gravity of life and living." Does this prescribe I stop that thought? Whatever the answer to that, I know that not everyone can exist in a simple state, ignorant of the forces at work in the world. I know that I, at least, am called to know and act. Without the solution I will assume that it is my place to know, and do my part to safeguard those hurtless souls who still yet exist. Intuition tells me, with this as supporting evidence, that everyone has there own path, and some are to exist ignorant and yet truly blissful. And in contemplating that, I wish them well, for I envy them. Ignorance is not a virtue, but if not for the presence of evil, virtue would not exist, and, so, neither would ignorance. Peace is the ideal. I must do what I can. I must do what I can. I must do what I can.