Sophie's World
Subtitle: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
By: Jostein Gaarder ; translated by Paulette Møller
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780374266424
Subjects: Fiction; Philosophy; History
Work titles: Sofies verden
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The Garden of Eden -- 1; title: The Top Hat -- 10; title: The Myths -- 21; title: The Natural Phil Osophers -- 28; title: Democritus -- 41; title: Fate -- 47; title: Socrates -- 56; title: Athens -- 72; title: Plato -- 78; title: The Major's Cabin -- 94; title: Aristotle -- 104; title: Hellenism -- 121; title: The Postcards -- 140; title: Two Cultures -- 149; title: The Middle Ages -- 165; title: The Renaissance -- 188; title: The Baroque -- 216; title: Descartes -- 233; title: Spinoza -- 247; title: Locke -- 257; title: Hume -- 267; title: Berkeley -- 282; title: Bjerkely -- 287; title: The Enlightenment -- 303; title: Kant -- 322; title: Romanticism -- 342; title: Hegel -- 360; title: Kierkegaard -- 372; title: Marx -- 385; title: Darwin -- 404; title: Freud -- 429; title: Our Own Time -- 447; title: The Garden Party -- 471; title: Counterpoint -- 485; title: The Big Bang-- 504.