Sean Marchese
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 26 Jul
Sean Marchese’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Now, there is a really cool footnote here that I want us to read and talk about a little bit.
Christopher writes, "...an unplaced marginal note observes that Saruman's integrity had been undermined by purely personal pride and lust for the domination of his own will.
His study of the rings had caused this, for his pride believed that he could use them, or it, in defiance of any other will."
He, having lost any devotion to other persons or causes, was open to the domination of a superior will, to its threats, and to its display of power.
And moreover, he himself had no right to the Orthanc stone.
Yeah.
But yeah, it's a really interesting, really interesting observation and an important reminder about the importance of having some humility.
Yeah.
You know, because again, there's always going to be these people, these Saurons out there that are going to want to appeal to your pride.
Literally locked in his tower.
Yeah.
That's true.
That's very true.
And we're also told here that, you know, this whole thought process came about as a result of his study of the rings.
So again, you combine these sort of these corrupting factors, this pride and this isolation, or these, I guess these are more corruptibility factors.
That's a good way of putting it.
They're vulnerability points.
You're isolated from your support network, your network of allies, only thinking about what you're trying to get out of this.
And so when this corrupting influence, the study of the rings comes in, this sort of forbidden knowledge comes in, he's hooked by it.
And he completely begins to lust after the rings.
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