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"Tolkien's works satisfy yearnings for transcendence"

A book analyzing the philosophy of
author of "The Lord of the Rings"

GRANADA, Sunday, February 15, 2009 ( ZENIT.org) .- Eduardo Segura, a professor at the Institute of Philosophy Edith Stein, Granada, Spain, in his latest book discusses the philosophy of the work of JRR Tolkien, author of the famous saga of The Lord of the Rings, through a poem almost unknown entitled "Mitopoeia."

Professor Eduardo Segura, of the Institute of Philosophy Edith Stein, of Granada, has just published his latest book, titled "JRR Tolkien. Mitopoeia and Mythology. Reflections on the refracted light."

It approaches the study of the author of the famous saga of "The Lord of the Rings" from a stranger because, in light of his poetry "Mitopoeia", in which there are a number of key aesthetic and philosophical , trying to understand all the work of Tolkien as a great work of philosophical and aesthetic creation.

"In particular, it is put into question, both theoretically and in the way of art making, the validity of the empirical precepts as the only possible model for understanding the world around us," informs ZENIT Edith Stein school.

In a recent conference he gave at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwithin the series "The World of Tolkien", he developed his argument from the analysis of the concept of fantasy that we inherited from the Enlightenment.

"Empiricism did away with the respect that, from Homer, had earned the ability to imagine. Later, rationalism gave the coup de grace to everything that could not be proved empirically. The literary acquired pejorative fantasy or story as a synonym, in short, to lie, "said Segura.

face of this vision, the English philosopher argues that in Tolkien, the notion of "truth" is broader than mere verisimilitude: "Truth is the invention provide credibility, and credibility presupposes and requires a certain literary faith often brings an echo of the joy of redemption. eucatastrophe Tolkien called it, the beauty has the ability to transfigure reality. "

Eduardo Segura is a English major in the life and work of the creator Tolkien. He has worked for many years to approach the essence of world English author was woven with legends, stories, poems and mythological narratives.