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The wishes granted by Jafar in the sequel quite vividly demonstrate that genies have a *lot* of leeway to interpret wishes as they please. Genie is relatively benevolent about it.

Or one could take the simpler view that while self-evidently supernatural, the Genie's powers are not metaphysically absolute and thus Aladdin's wish to be a prince is met by simply simulating the experience of being a prince well enough to satisfy the wisher.

Yes and no. Aristotle's metaphysical views were an evolution of Plato's theory of "form", and held that reality did exist, but that every physical thing (ousia) was made up of a combination of physical matter and immaterial form, with the immaterial form being the more important of the two. To...

If you're going to quote Aristotle, it's worth pointing out that Aristotle also held that the city took precedence over the family, the family over the individual, and that the fundamental purpose of the city was to enable its highest and most valuable citizens the possibility of living a good...