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Sophie's world : a novel about the history of philosophy
- Title
- Sophie's world : a novel about the history of philosophy / Jostein Gaarder ; translated by Paulette Møller.
- Author
- Gaarder, Jostein, 1952-
- Publication
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PT8951.17.A17 S6413 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Møller, Paulette
- Description
- ix, 403 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Sofies verden. English
- Alternative Title
- Sofies verden.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Didactic fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0374266425
- 9780374266424
- 0425156842
- 9780425156841
- 0374530718
- 9780374530716
- LCCN
- 94012467
- OCLC
- ocm30474946
- 30474946
- SCSB-2029347
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library