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I was just scanning Aristotle (OH what now, I bet you can't have a more pretentious opening line) But seriously.This story poves exactly how one track mind I am. I was scanning and I go to the section on virtues and defining each vitue. The first one he deals with is courages. And the basic (very basic because, I doubt that anyone really wants me to summarize an ntire book of Aristotle) thesis is that virtue consists of the golden mean between extremes (WHO RHYMED...ahem). So with courage, the extremes are cowardice and recklessness. To be virtuous is to always walk the line between the extremes. Both a lack and an over abundance of a quality are equally flaws and vices. So here is the part where I need to stop reading Shoebox and wipe it from my mind. I think that the marauders are an alegory, or at least corresponding with the Aristotilian concept of courage!
This thought made me WAY too excited. But think about it, if you are still reading this pathetic post. Sirius is obviously the extreme of recklessness. While it can occasionally be tempered to god decisions, more often than not he is willing, and even eager to jump into dangerous situations without forethought or knowledge of the dangere. He even willingly ignores it. Wormtail is (again obviously) he extreme of cowardice. He so fears danger that he refuses to fight against any percieved threat, and thus sides with the strongest side, as he sees it. Then, I think that James and Remus are both the representations of attempting to walk the golden mean. James has a tendency toward the side of recklessnes, but he attempts to temper it with forethought, and full consciousness of the danger he enter, making all his courageous acts more virtuous and admirable. Remus, alternately, tends toward the other side. He is allways conscious of the dagers and the results of his actions, and yet he still is willing to act should it be come necessary.
OK. I'm donw now. Sorry for the mini-thesis. I just got really excited and wanted to share.
On other fronts, I AM NOT LIFEGUARDING ANYMORE! As in, I don't have to wear a swimsuit again for 9 freaking months!!! YAY!
Also, move-in day for UD is on Saturday. This is a seriously disturbing thought. Everytime that it actually registers "I am going to college" I kindof shake my head and think, "psh,no. College is for grown ups". This is just an immeasurably weird feeling. Still I am packed. I am stocked up. I am nervous, terrified, and fairly certain that I can't remember how to think and write coherently, and yet I am so excited.
Toodles!
This thought made me WAY too excited. But think about it, if you are still reading this pathetic post. Sirius is obviously the extreme of recklessness. While it can occasionally be tempered to god decisions, more often than not he is willing, and even eager to jump into dangerous situations without forethought or knowledge of the dangere. He even willingly ignores it. Wormtail is (again obviously) he extreme of cowardice. He so fears danger that he refuses to fight against any percieved threat, and thus sides with the strongest side, as he sees it. Then, I think that James and Remus are both the representations of attempting to walk the golden mean. James has a tendency toward the side of recklessnes, but he attempts to temper it with forethought, and full consciousness of the danger he enter, making all his courageous acts more virtuous and admirable. Remus, alternately, tends toward the other side. He is allways conscious of the dagers and the results of his actions, and yet he still is willing to act should it be come necessary.
OK. I'm donw now. Sorry for the mini-thesis. I just got really excited and wanted to share.
On other fronts, I AM NOT LIFEGUARDING ANYMORE! As in, I don't have to wear a swimsuit again for 9 freaking months!!! YAY!
Also, move-in day for UD is on Saturday. This is a seriously disturbing thought. Everytime that it actually registers "I am going to college" I kindof shake my head and think, "psh,no. College is for grown ups". This is just an immeasurably weird feeling. Still I am packed. I am stocked up. I am nervous, terrified, and fairly certain that I can't remember how to think and write coherently, and yet I am so excited.
Toodles!