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What are the five armies in the Hobbit?
The Battle of the Five Armies has a movie named after it, but is it not immediately obvious to anyone watching it what the five armies are. We have the dwarfs - a mixture of Erebor and the Iron Hills, we have the wood elves of Mirkwood, the humans of Lake Town,...
Do Elves Live Forever?
Tolkien’s elves will live as long as the land of Arda exists. Those that die will wait a time in the Halls of Waiting then will be given new, identical bodies. Elves that grow weary will travel to the Undying lands to dwell until the end of time. Only an elf who gives...
What are Plato’s Five Regimes?
Plato’s five regimes are, in this order, aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny. Of these, Plato favored aristocracy in his ideal state and branded the other four as imperfect societies. The Greek philosopher Plato is one of the most famous...