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::Indeed. You're reading it too literally: if Tolkien were referring to an actual eye he wouldn't have capitalised it; also, eyes don't "pierce". This is eye in the sense of being able to see/notice/perceive, rather than the actual organ. Compare with "Eye of Sauron", which also isn't an actual eye, but a metaphor for the endless vigilance of his servants commanded through his ceaseless will. --{{User:Mith/sig}} 18:24, 17 March 2012 (UTC) | |||
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Eru (Iluvatar) has only one eye. Check out The Sil. "More piercing than the Eye of Iluvatar." If Eru has two Tolkien being a philologist would have made it "eyes" don't you think? —Unsigned comment by Tolkienscholar91 (talk • contribs).
- Indeed. You're reading it too literally: if Tolkien were referring to an actual eye he wouldn't have capitalised it; also, eyes don't "pierce". This is eye in the sense of being able to see/notice/perceive, rather than the actual organ. Compare with "Eye of Sauron", which also isn't an actual eye, but a metaphor for the endless vigilance of his servants commanded through his ceaseless will. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 18:24, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
