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Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy

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One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: Who are you? and Where does the world come from? From that strange--but irresistible--beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with these and other questions that explore matters both small and large, some that take her mind far beyond what she knows of her family and life in her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving a separate batch of equally unusual letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up in Sophie's world? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must make use of the philosophy she is learning--but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

 

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, having been translated into forty-five languages and with over twenty million copies in print.

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Jostein Gaarder was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1952. He taught high-school philosophy for several years before publishing a collection of short stories in 1986 and, shortly thereafter, his first two novels, The Solitaire Mystery and Sophies World, and several others since then. He lives in Oslo with his family.
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gracie_musica, September 12, 2006 (view all comments by gracie_musica)
Sophie's World is a history lesson disguised as fiction. The author, Jostein Gaarder, wrote the book so his philosophy students could better understand the history of philosophical thought. However, even if you are just interested in a great plot with lots of twists and turns, this book is highly recommended. I would also recommend this book to children as well--it can really teach them how to think about the world around them
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ISBN:
9780374266424
Subtitle:
A Novel About the History of Philosophy
Translator:
Miller, Paulette
Author:
Gaarder, Jostein
Author:
Møller, Paulette
Author:
Vance, Simon
Translator:
Moller, Paulette
Author:
Moller, Paulette
Publisher:
Macmillan Audio
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Philosophy -- History -- Fiction.
Subject:
Didactic fiction
Subject:
General Philosophy
Subject:
Literary
Copyright:
1994
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
v. 4, no. 1
Publication Date:
20070320
Binding:
Electronic book text in proprietary or open standard format
Language:
English
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Includes 15 CDs with a running time of 1
Pages:
544
Dimensions:
5.79 x 5.3 x 1.985 in
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