Rowling and Philosophy

[psychodudeneo]

No: HPFGUIDX 53621

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, dimercury7 <thorn360 at y...> 
wrote:
"There is soooo much to go in to, such as whether or not V is the 
ultimate evil in the world, or is he just a representation of the 
ultimate failings of mortals (ala Plato)..."

It's driven into our heads again and again that Voldemort isn't 
human.  First, we learn that he's probably not human because he 
survived the reflected AK. Then when he kills the Unicorn, we're told 
that doing something like that causes one to lose humanity.  Even 
when restored to a body, Voldemort no longer looks human.  JK really 
drives it into us.

With that in mind, I think it's unlikely that Voldemort is a 
representation of anything in mortal man, or how they would act.

"psychodudeneo"