[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore's Love

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 147673


johnbowman19

 > Is there a great academy that the wizard scholars who study the very
> > fabric of magic go to and discuss the nature of magic? How else
> > could Dumbledore make such a famous pronouncement?
>
> Miles:
> I don't think that Voldemort spoke about a famous speech or something 
> like
> that. We know that Dumbledore is a very famous wizard, and we know as 
> well
> that there is wizards' press, books, public (-shed) opinion. So it's 
> not
> surprising, that Dumbledore's opinions about many things are part of 
> public
> knowledge. He may have written books, essays, we can be sure that he 
> was
> interviewed more than once.
> And additionally we know, that the Ministry is up to research Love and 
> sees
> it as the most powerful source of magical power - Dumbledore seems not 
> to be
> alone with his opinion.
>
> kchuplis:

It's really interesting because I just took it to mean an argument they 
had discussed often when he was a student of Dumbledore's. You know 
certain professors often have their pet theories, and obviously Tom 
Riddle had a keen and active knowledge too that might lead to spirited 
discussion in class. So, I always felt as though LV was bringing up 
something that had been often argued between them in a class situation. 
Though we don't see it, they must have spent much class time together. 
Dumbledore says to Harry in the cave that he "knows Tom's style" 
because he taught him.