Title:
Sophie's world : a novel about the history of philosophy / Jostein Gaarder ; translated by Paulette Møller.
ISBN:
9780374266424
9780374530716
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.
Physical Description:
ix, 403 pages ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Garden of Eden 1 -- Top Hat 10 -- Myths 21 -- Natural Phil Osophers 28 -- Democritus 41 -- Fate 47 -- Socrates 56 -- Athens 72 -- Plato 78 -- Major's Cabin 94 -- Aristotle 104 -- Hellenism 121 -- Postcards 140 -- Two Cultures 149 -- Middle Ages 165 -- Renaissance 188 -- Baroque 216 -- Descartes 233 -- Spinoza 247 -- Locke 257 -- Hume 267 -- Berkeley 282 -- Bjerkely 287 -- Enlightenment 303 -- Kant 322 -- Romanticism 342 -- Hegel 360 -- Kierkegaard 372 -- Marx 385 -- Darwin 404 -- Freud 429 -- Our Own Time 447 -- Garden Party 471 -- Counterpoint 485 -- Big Bang 504.
Summary:
The protagonists are Sophie Amundsen, a 14-year-old girl, and Alberto Knox, her philosophy teacher. The novel chronicles their metaphysical relationship as they study Western philosophy from its beginnings to the present. A bestseller in Norway.
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OCLC Number:
ocm30474946
Availability:
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