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Sophie's World

A Novel about the History of Philosophy

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An edition of Sophie's World (1994)

Sophie's World

A Novel about the History of Philosophy

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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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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
English
Pages
403

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Subjects
Fiction, Philosophy, History

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Cover of: De wereld van Sofie
De wereld van Sofie
2003, Houtekiet
Paperback in Dutch
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Cover of: Sophie's World
Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
1994, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st ed.
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Table of Contents

The Garden of Eden -- 1
The Top Hat -- 10
The Myths -- 21
The Natural Phil Osophers -- 28
Democritus -- 41
Fate -- 47
Socrates -- 56
Athens -- 72
Plato -- 78
The Major's Cabin -- 94
Aristotle -- 104
Hellenism -- 121
The Postcards -- 140
Two Cultures -- 149
The Middle Ages -- 165
The Renaissance -- 188
The Baroque -- 216
Descartes -- 233
Spinoza -- 247
Locke -- 257
Hume -- 267
Berkeley -- 282
Bjerkely -- 287
The Enlightenment -- 303
Kant -- 322
Romanticism -- 342
Hegel -- 360
Kierkegaard -- 372
Marx -- 385
Darwin -- 404
Freud -- 429
Our Own Time -- 447
The Garden Party -- 471
Counterpoint -- 485
The Big Bang-- 504.

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Includes index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
839.8/2374
Library of Congress
PT8951.17.A17 S6413 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 403 p. ;
Number of pages
403

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24754577M
Internet Archive
sophiesworldnove1994gaar
ISBN 10
0374266425
ISBN 13
9780374266424
LCCN
94012467
OCLC/WorldCat
30474946

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