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Product Details
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| Shipping Weight: |
0.50 |
| Author(s): |
Jostein Gaarder |
| Vendor: |
BAKER & TAYLOR |
| Publisher: |
Berkley |
| Published: |
01 March, 1996 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| ISBN: |
0425152251 |
| Store Code: |
1179 |
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Description: Sophie's World (Gaarder)
Genre: History; Virginia; Fiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Revolution, 1775-1783; Children: Grades 4-6; Juvenile Fiction; Historical - United States - Colonial; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods; Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical; War; Brothers and sisters; Family life;
Average Review: 4 stars
Review: There are two ways that you can view Sophie's World. You can see it as a novel that teaches you about the history of philosophy, or you can see it as a book about the history of philosophy with a story attached. I prefer to think of it as the latter, because about halfway through the book, the story gets very, very, silly, very, very fast. This story starts off as a mystery involving a philosophy course that came out of nowhere, strange postcards, and a god like being only known as The Major. But around the halfway point of the story, the narrative loses all reason, and becomes absurd. Dogs start talking, mirrors start winking, and characters from fairy tales randomly show up. Even through this, the philosophy sections of the book stay strong. These sections start off with the early Greek philosophers, then advances on to more recent philosophers, like Freud and Marx. These sections are mainly shown as dialogs between the two main characters, and do a great job of teaching about philosophy. These sections are the highlights of the book. It's like taking a class on philosophy in book form. So if you can get through the annoying story, and appreciate the philosophy, you should like this book.
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