Rowling and Philosophy

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 53622

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "psychodudeneo" 
<psychomaverick at h...> wrote:
> --- 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"


But Tom Riddle began as fully human - Being Lord Voldemort was a 
gradual but conscious process of renouncing his humanity, getting in 
touch with his inner Reptilian brain. So, yes, this is a 
representation of what mortal men undergo when they renounce goodness 
and avidly pursue the diabolic. 

   - CMC

He who would act the angel needs must act the beast.

    - Pascal, Pensees