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07-10-2000, 02:35 PM | #1 |
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Sophie's World
Anyone else read this? I've read the English translation, and I absolutely loved it. Not only is it a magnificent reality-vs-fantasy tale, but I also use it as my philosophy textbook now. It did for philosophy what A Brief History of Time did to physics - summarized it for the masses.
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07-14-2000, 08:19 PM | #2 |
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Re: Sophie's World
i started this a while back but had to put it on hold cuz i had too much school. the bit i read was really good though....i want to get back to it after i finish the source by michener....
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09-17-2000, 07:27 PM | #3 |
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Re: Sophie's World
i love that book!!!!!!!!!
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09-18-2000, 05:51 AM | #4 |
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Re: Sophie's World
I've heard very good comments about it from friends, but didn't read it myself.
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04-07-2002, 07:26 AM | #5 |
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I've heard very good comments about it from friends, but didn't read it myself.
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04-07-2002, 01:43 PM | #6 |
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I have never read it or even heard of it... but thanks because now I'll have to look into it... I'll let you know if I read it!
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04-08-2002, 03:19 PM | #7 |
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I thought it was a great book, a good summary of useful philosophical ideas, and a pretty good translation too.
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04-09-2002, 08:22 AM | #8 |
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I started to read got half way through then gave up it was so dull! It had too many long names in it all sounding like somethingese I might try it again though considering you lot enjoyed it. But its either Sophies World or the Silmarilllion and I think I'll read the latter it will be much more interesting.
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04-09-2002, 08:46 PM | #9 |
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I'm glad I looked into this thread....I kept misreading the title as Sophie's Choice.
I've never heard of this book, but if it's so highly thought of, I may need to check it out. |
05-23-2002, 12:31 PM | #10 |
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I really enjoyed it. It really made me think, and the ending was...
unexpected!!!
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05-24-2002, 03:42 AM | #11 |
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I love that book! I read it many years ago, though. Must read again!
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05-25-2002, 10:04 PM | #12 |
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my mom told me to read this book, said it was "educational" read boring. but I read it and was pleasantly surprised.(although I had to read it a second time to really get any of the philsopy stuff. I could probably read it again and still not get everything from it it is such a good book- oops! sorry I'm rambling )
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05-27-2002, 12:45 AM | #13 |
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Anyone here read it in the original Norwegian?
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I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to. . .
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06-12-2002, 12:34 AM | #15 |
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I love Sophie's World! It really does give a detailed and understandable summary of the history of philosophy. It does take a while to get through, there's so much information in it to get through.
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06-16-2002, 11:33 AM | #16 |
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I just finished it (the English translation), and thought it was superb. I found it to really present the philosophers and their beliefs in an interesting way. I also thought the story was extremely creative. Has anyone read the companion to it, it's The Solitaire Mystery ? It's another philosphical book like Sophie's World . I'm just starting it now.
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06-16-2002, 01:59 PM | #17 |
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I think I've heard of that one...is it good?
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06-16-2002, 09:47 PM | #19 |
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It's by the same author, Jostein Gaarder. I've finished it, and although I prefer Sophie's World over it, it was still a good book in its own right. There's some very clever plot lines in it, but it's not any sort of philosphical text book. I believe that they are the only two books of his translated into English.
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He has at least one more that I know of, the Christmas Mystery, but that's more for children. It's about an advent calender with a story inside where a little girl travels to Bethlehem. It leads all the way up to Christmas, and I used to love it!
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