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The only son of Sir Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet, [5] and grandson of the Neapolitan admiral and prime minister Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet [6] (who succeeded to the baronetcy and estates held by another branch of the Acton family in Shropshire in 1791), Acton was known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet, from 1837 to 1869.
Lord Acton famously stated "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely", an idea embodied in the addictive power of the One Ring. The corrupting effect of power is, according to Shippey, a modern theme, since in earlier times, power was considered to "reveal character", not alter it. Shippey quotes Lord Acton's 1887 statement:
Lord Acton's dictum, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" The power held by the sovereign of an absolute monarchy; The power held by a leader of an autocracy or dictatorship; Omnipotence, unlimited power, as of a deity
Scholars and critics have identified many themes of The Lord of the Rings, a major fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, including a reversed quest, the struggle of good and evil, death and immortality, fate and free will, the danger of power, and various aspects of Christianity such as the presence of three Christ figures, for prophet, priest, and king, as well as elements like hope and ...
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The Ring offers power to its wearer, and progressively corrupts the wearer's mind to evil. [27] [28] The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey applies Lord Acton's 1887 statement that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men" to it.
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