(urth) Typee, incidentally

[David Stockhoff]

Very nicely put.

However, as far as I can tell this is a very Catholic view---God works 
in mysterious ways, etc. Wolfe only changes it by giving it a galactic 
scope and perhaps a greater emphasis.

Everyone needs to read Boethius.

On 11/12/2010 1:38 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
> At the end of CotA there is an elaborate blacksmith analogy made to describe the Hierogrammates'
> shaping of humanity (below). I think it may be apt in describing how Wolfe's view of good and
> evil doesn't follow the traditional Christian definitions. Humanity, as the hot piece of metal
> being pounded, might define the solid, cool foundation of the anvil as being "good" and the
> crushing, painful blows of the hammer to be "evil". But the blacksmith would not and could not
> view the process this way. How could He accomplish His shaping by seeking always to elevate the
> anvil and eliminate the hammer?