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Descending from King’s Cross
Biondi, Carrie-Anne
Biondi, Carrie-Anne
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CA.Biondi_rp_2012_1.pdf
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"The parallels between “Harry’s Choice” and the descent of Plato’s Philosopher-King from the realm of the Forms are striking. However, as I argue below, Harry is less a Platonic Philosopher-King than an exemplar of Aristotelian virtue—a phronimos, or practically wise moral agent, and a citizen-soldier in the mold of Nicomachean Ethics III.8-9 and Politics VII.14-15. He sees, I argue, that his best hope of realizing his ultimate values is to live, and to fight and (again) risk dying for a world that’s worth living in."
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2012-06-01
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