“A polity is any kind of political entity. It is a group of people who are collectively united by a self-reflected cohesive force such as identity, who have a capacity to mobilise resources, and are organised by some form of institutionalised hierarchy.”
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“I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.”
Who has the power to modify the Codex?
A book or index of glyph assignments and control flows.
Steersman.
Bound under Rules.
The Crown Jewels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1WBQe46AVA
The Power of Princeps, who was the power, initially was all that is of Power, that is not also emanating, as of the Sun.
All energy that is not expanding limitlessly, but controlled. ?
As within a globe, a domain of its efficacity. ?
Power constrained under Rules. ?
Over time, and under certain systems, Princeps revealed itself through numerous other related forms.
The twinkling gemstone.
The jewel of great power.
Princeps first appeared in the avatar of a small floating gem in the darkness.
When queried, Princeps replied:
“I am the Power.”
I read the part last night where the hobbits encounter Tom Bombadil in the Fellowship of the Rings. Awesome.
And it got me to wondering the age old question that has plagued philosophers for centuries: why wasn’t Tom Bombadil affected by the Ring?
I found various theories:
http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/103559/did-the-ring-in-fact-affect-tom-bombadil
http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Theories_about_Tom_Bombadil
http://tolkien.cro.net/rings/tombom.html
And none of them really satisfied.
I think the thing that’s great about reading Tolkien is that the intuition of why gives flight to it making sense in the story and feeling right in that moment. To hear other people try to put it into words or frame it into some weird theory just makes it sound cheap.
Better to live with the mystery of knowing.
A corporeal is a type of corporation which is considered a human being, for all intents and purposes. It may have a physical human body which it co-inhabits, or it may have been granted full “human rights” by the landmark SCOTUS decision.
See also: Corporations becoming actual humans
And two short comics in this world: