Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-3279282-20150712220400/@comment-28861328-20150718213826

Yalocalsupahero wrote: I always thought that the "The" came from the grammatically correct usage of proper titles/nouns in English. As in both parts are proper specific titles and singular. There is only one "Sage", and only one set of "Six Paths". The fact that we don't really know what these paths are doesn't make them improper or pronouns. Sort of like "Barack Obama is The President of The United States of America". One president which is a formal title, one United States which is a proper noun.

"Barack Obama is President of the United States" is also grammatically correct depending on the context. And Tau has a point; going by that rule, Hagoromo would be "the Sage of the Six Paths".