| Harry Potter And Philosophy |
[Mar. 16th, 2005|11:07 pm] |
Yesterday, like a mysterious owl of wisdom, it appeared in our mailbox.
Harry Potter And Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts
Shawn Klein, a friend of mine is co-editor of the volume and also
authored one of the articles. His article begins this way:
"What is your deepest desire?"
Then he talks of the Mirror of Erised, which shows you a fantasy of
your deepest desire fulfilled, and tempts you to stay in front of the
mirror instead of actually working to fulfill your desires. He
asks - should you give in to the temptation?
Diana Hsieh, another friend of mine, also authored one of the articles,
entitled: "Dursley Duplicity: The Morality and Psychology of
Self-Deception."
She asks if self-duplicity
Facilitates felicity,
But ends by saying: No -
Truth is the way to go.
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