description: A comprehensive history of Western philosophy in the form of a novel, this story is framed by a series of letters from a mysterious philosopher to a 14-year-old Norwegian schoolgirl. Fascinating and humorous, it begins with pre-Socratic Greeks and ends with Jean Paul Sartre. 4 cassettes.
language: English
title: Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy
titlecomplete: Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy
characters: Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Malaikat Ariel, John Locke, Plato, Sigmund Freud, Aristotle (philosopher), Cecilia Skotbu, Jesus, St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Jorunn, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Socrates (philosopher), George Berkeley, Sofie Amundsen, David Hume, Baruch Spinoza
genres: Unfinished, Fiction, Literature, Young Adult, Contemporary, Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Scandinavian Literature, Philosophy
ratings_count: 252309
places: Norway
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Buxtehuder Bulle, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Premio Bancarella, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec, name: دار المنى, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser
category: Jugendbuch, name: Prime Minister of Pakistan's Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Premio San Clemente Rosalía-Abanca
category: Lingua estranxeira
publisher: Audio Literature