Tolkien said the real theme of his work is this:

Death… and the desire to escape it.

Sound familiar?

From transhumanism to assisted dying debates, modern culture is still wrestling with the same question:

Can we control death… or even defeat it?

But Tolkien saw something deeper:
The danger isn’t just death.
It’s the desire to overcome it on our own terms.

👉 Are we trying to become what we were never meant to be?

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