Choice and Essentialism (was:Re: Understanding Snape)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 153935

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at ...> wrote:
>
> > Alla:
> 
> > I am not sure myself about blood as showing of existentialism in 
> the 
> > books. <snip> 
a_svirn:
> I think some mistake has occurred down the line in this scholarly 
> debate. I am myself somewhat wary of philosophy, but since we have 
> brought it up
 For one thing essentialism and existentialism is 
not 
> one and the same thing. In fact, I'd say they are utterly 
opposite. 
<SNIP>


Alla:

Wasting the post, but yes agreeing that I most definitely misspoke 
here. Did not mean to bring up existentialism at all, only 
essentialism.

Sorry!

Alla, rushing to work.