However, the brain is a physical object. The soul is not.
Ah, but Harry doesn’t believe in the concept of a “soul” as anything other than the result of a physical brain. Thus, his interpretation should be focused on damaging the brain.
I think it more likely that Harry would think that it would still appear to kill without physical damage—the witches and wizards would take that as proof that the spell attacked the soul, and Harry would think that does something that we aren’t sure of, but almost certainly it didn’t actually attack a literal “soul.” In my opinion.
Harry would think that does something that we aren’t sure of, but almost certainly it didn’t actually attack a literal “soul.”
And that would be his error.
I still hope to find that the kind of soul that Draco believes in—one that Muggles don’t have—will turn out to be something real (but of course not what Muggles mean by “soul”, nor anything that Wizards really understand).
Ah, but Harry doesn’t believe in the concept of a “soul” as anything other than the result of a physical brain. Thus, his interpretation should be focused on damaging the brain.
I think it more likely that Harry would think that it would still appear to kill without physical damage—the witches and wizards would take that as proof that the spell attacked the soul, and Harry would think that does something that we aren’t sure of, but almost certainly it didn’t actually attack a literal “soul.” In my opinion.
And that would be his error.
I still hope to find that the kind of soul that Draco believes in—one that Muggles don’t have—will turn out to be something real (but of course not what Muggles mean by “soul”, nor anything that Wizards really understand).