[1] Tolkien, LOTR, Vol. I, 329.
[2] Traditionally, the transcendental triad is “beauty, truth, and goodness” and does not include references to power. What is striking about this section of Tolkien’s work is the inclusion of the language of power and the assumed understanding that where beauty, goodness, and power are found truth will also be found. In light of this, I have chosen to alter the traditional triad by inserting the concept of power into this discussion.
[3] See Hart, David Bentley, The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth
[4] Gadamer, “Aesthetic and Religious Experience,” (ARE) 152.
[5] Gadamer, “The Relevance of the Beautiful,” (RB) 15.
[6] Gadamer, RB, 53.
[7] Gadamer, Truth and Method, note 6, 510.
[8] 92.
[9] 92.
[10] 93.
[11] 96-97.
[12] 97.
[13] 96.
[14] RB 23-24.
[15] TM 98
[16] 98.
[17] RB 31.
[18] 32.
[19] 32.
[20] 33.
[21] 34.
[22] 39.
[23] 39-42.
[24] 43.
[25] 45.
[26] 45.
[27] 45.
[28] LOTR 340.
[29] 341.
[30] 341-342.
[31] 345.
[32] 348.
[33] 349.
[34] 354.
[35] 355.
[36] 355.
[37] 356-357.
[38] 360.
[39] Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite, 255-256.