[HPforGrownups] Re: Rowling and Philosophy

[GulPlum]

No: HPFGUIDX 53638

Oops. I forgot to say something important in my previous post. I shall make 
it a reply to this comment from dimercury7, when she said, inter alia:

>V's desires are what allowed the
>power to corrupt him. He started off just as mortal as the rest of
>us, however, he desired more than what was good. Thus, over time, he
>became the evil snake-creature we see today.

I see it as something slightly different, and much more fundamental: the 
price Riddle/Voldemort pays for immortality is his humanity.

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GulPlum AKA Richard, who'd like to apologise for the brevity of this post