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Originally Posted by combatmedic
Oh, and...
The King Has Two Bodies.
There is Strephon the mortal man, and Strephon the Emperor. One is imperfect, corruptible, flawed, and mortal. The other is the Imperium's Body Politic, it's soul incarnated. The one dies, the other lives on in the next Emperor.
HAIL THE EMPEROR
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Look for the book Arthurian Propaganda (I'll have to check for the author's name there may be more than one book of that title). The author's thesis is that Mallory was shaping the tragic fate of Arthur in terms of his failure to keep his seperate roles (his two bodies) properly seperate. That, by failing to understand the nature of kingship, Arthur destroys his own kingdom in spite of his virtue and heroism.
It should be an interesting read for you.