Possible Discrepancy in PS

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No: HPFGUIDX 18286

A question I have is how did Dumbledore know someone is after the 
Stone in the first place without knowing who is after it?  Divination?

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> nera at r... wrote:
> 
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> > My question in all this discussion about Snape vs Quirrel, is how 
did
> > Snape know about the Philosopher's Stone in the first place?
> 
> Your question can be read two ways: How did he know about the 
existence
> of the Stone, as an abstract possibility? As in, how did he know 
about
> the end product of the study of alchemy? Or, more specifically, how 
did
> Snape know about that particular Stone there at Hogwarts?
> 
> For the former, anyone familiar with alchemy knows about the Stone. 
[By
> the way, in traditional alchemical lore, "stone" is just the term, 
it's
> actually an elixir of some kind. I don't recall why it's called a 
stone,
> I can ask my old flame again if you want.]
> 
> For the latter, Snape was one of the team of teachers involved in
> devising the obstacles to the Stone. Why on earth would Dumbledore 
NOT
> have told them about it? I imagine he had a teacher conference of 
some
> sort and informed them that for security purposes, he had removed 
the
> Stone from Gringotts and was going to conceal it at Hogwarts. He'd
> outline his plan for concealment and give the teachers who would be
> involved their assignments for obstructions. Why do you think 
Dumbledore
> wouldn't have told the teachers, or at the very least the four 
Heads of
> Houses, from the outset?
> 
> --Amanda
> 
> 
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