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The '''''Ósanwe-kenta''''' or "Enquiry into the Communication of Thought" is a text by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]],  written as a typescript of eight pages, probably in 1960, published in ''[[Vinyar Tengwar 39]]'' in 1998.
The '''''[[Ósanwe]]-[[centa|kenta]]''''', or "Enquiry into the Communication of Thought", is a summary by an unnamed editor of a longer treatise by [[Pengolodh]] of [[Gondolin]].


In the framework of the [[legendarium]] of [[Middle-earth]], the text is a summary by an unnamed editor of a longer treatise by [[Pengolodh]] of [[Gondolin]].
The subject-matter is '''''[[sanwe-latya]]''''' ([[Quenya]] for "thought-opening", but better translated as "telepathy"). Pengolodh included it as an appendix to the ''[[Lhammas]]'' because of the implications of ''[[tengwesta]]'' ("grammar, language") on thought-transmission, i.e. with the development of language, telepathy became more difficult and all but fell out of use among the "incarnated" (those beings with ''[[hröa]]'').


The subject-matter is '''''sanwe-latya''''' ([[Quenya]] for "thought-opening", but better translated as "telepathy"). Pengolodh included it as an appendix to the ''[[Lhammas]]'' because of the implications of ''[[tengwesta]]'' ("grammar, language") on thought-transmission, i.e. with the development of language, telepathy became more difficult and all but fell out of use among the "incarnated" (those beings with ''[[hröa]]'').
==True-life history==
 
The essay was written in c. [[1959]]-[[1960|60]] by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] as a typescript of eight pages and was published in {{VT|39}}. A related manuscript, "Etymological Notes on the ''Ósanwe-kenta''", was published in {{VT|41}}.
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Revision as of 16:26, 29 November 2019

The Ósanwe-kenta, or "Enquiry into the Communication of Thought", is a summary by an unnamed editor of a longer treatise by Pengolodh of Gondolin.

The subject-matter is sanwe-latya (Quenya for "thought-opening", but better translated as "telepathy"). Pengolodh included it as an appendix to the Lhammas because of the implications of tengwesta ("grammar, language") on thought-transmission, i.e. with the development of language, telepathy became more difficult and all but fell out of use among the "incarnated" (those beings with hröa).

True-life history

The essay was written in c. 1959-60 by J.R.R. Tolkien as a typescript of eight pages and was published in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998. A related manuscript, "Etymological Notes on the Ósanwe-kenta", was published in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 41, July 2000.