Note that I meant Saruman, not Sauron. Unlike most of LOTR characters, Saruman is a very modern and enlightened kind of person striving for "Knowledge, Rule, Or

Note that I meant Saruman, not Sauron. Unlike most of LOTR characters, Saruman is a very modern and enlightened kind of person striving for "Knowledge, Rule, Order", but using Machiavellian means to achieve this purpose. Maybe Sauron was also initially led by good intentions, one would have to look it up in Silmarillion.