The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy by William Irwin

Author:William Irwin [Irwin, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780470398258
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Published: 2010-09-20T23:00:00+00:00

NOTES

1 Both Plato and Alcibiades were students of the great Athenian philosopher Socrates.

2 Plato, “Seventh Letter,” 324b-324c.

3 Ibid., 324d.

4 Ibid., 325a.

5 This term is often rendered “philosopher-king,” but we find this misleading because Plato—ahead of his time here, as often elsewhere—believed that women were perfectly capable of fulfilling the duties of this highest political office.

6 Plato, The Republic, 494b-494d.

7 Ibid., 521a.

8 Ibid., 520d.

9 Ibid., 360b-360c. One finds the same theme in the relatively recent film Hollow Man, where a decent research scientist played by Kevin Bacon becomes invisible and goes on a rampage worthy of Gyges himself.

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