Sophie's World

07-10-2000, 02:35 PM

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.

07-14-2000, 08:19 PM

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....

09-17-2000, 07:27 PM

i love that book!!!!!!!!!

09-18-2000, 05:51 AM

I've heard very good comments about it from friends, but didn't read it myself.

There's a CD-Rom interactive version out there also...

Imladris · 04-07-2002, 07:26 AM

I've heard very good comments about it from friends, but didn't read it myself.

elf_princess · 04-07-2002, 01:43 PM

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!

sun-star · 04-08-2002, 03:19 PM

I thought it was a great book, a good summary of useful philosophical ideas, and a pretty good translation too.

elendili · 04-09-2002, 08:22 AM

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.

cee2lee2 · 04-09-2002, 08:46 PM

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.

Garina · 05-23-2002, 12:31 PM

I really enjoyed it. It really made me think, and the ending was...
unexpected!!!

Eruviel Greenleaf · 05-24-2002, 03:42 AM

I love that book! I read it many years ago, though. Must read again!

Carafin · 05-25-2002, 10:04 PM

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

)

***IronParrot*** · 05-27-2002, 12:45 AM

Anyone here read it in the original Norwegian?

Eruviel Greenleaf · 05-27-2002, 03:01 AM

I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to. . .

Willow Oran · 06-12-2002, 12:34 AM

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.

webwizard333 · 06-16-2002, 11:33 AM

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.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 06-16-2002, 01:59 PM

I think I've heard of that one...is it good?

***IronParrot*** · 06-16-2002, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by webwizard333
Has anyone read the companion to it, it's The Solitaire Mystery ?

By whom?

webwizard333 · 06-16-2002, 09:47 PM

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.

sun-star · 06-17-2002, 01:08 PM

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!

07-10-2000, 02:35 PM	#1
IronParrot Guest Posts: n/a	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.

07-14-2000, 08:19 PM	#2
jedi master princess Guest Posts: n/a	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....

09-17-2000, 07:27 PM	#3
andustar Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Sophie's World i love that book!!!!!!!!!

09-18-2000, 05:51 AM	#4
juntel Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Sophie's World I've heard very good comments about it from friends, but didn't read it myself. There's a CD-Rom interactive version out there also...

04-07-2002, 07:26 AM	#5
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	I've heard very good comments about it from friends, but didn't read it myself. __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

04-07-2002, 01:43 PM	#6
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	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!

04-08-2002, 03:19 PM	#7
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I thought it was a great book, a good summary of useful philosophical ideas, and a pretty good translation too. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

04-09-2002, 08:22 AM	#8
elendili Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: a galaxy far far away (aka Manchester) Posts: 320	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.

04-09-2002, 08:46 PM	#9
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	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
Garina Elf Lord Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tring, Herts, England Posts: 582	I really enjoyed it. It really made me think, and the ending was... unexpected!!! __________________ Entmoot Resident Bard #2 Wielder of the shiny fire extinguisher Worshipper of the divine cheesecake Hamsters and Rangers everywhere, rejoice!!! Minsc, Baldur's Gate 2 Children, don't take drugs. Become a pop star, then people give them to you for free!!! - Billy Mack, Love Actually. While I'm sure the nice people from the local archery club meant well, a moment's consideration would have made them realise that giving my friend and I lethal weapons was probably not a good idea! Dammit, eyeliner and dreadlocks should not be that sexy!

05-24-2002, 03:42 AM	#11
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	I love that book! I read it many years ago, though. Must read again! __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

05-25-2002, 10:04 PM	#12
Carafin Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: The warm (or West) coast of Canada Posts: 150	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 ) __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo; a star shines on the hour of our meeting, - LotR (FotR) four be the things I'd be better off without, love, curiousity, freckles, and doubt Queen Guinevere? ... Though all to ruin fell the world, And were dissolved and backward hurled, Unmade into the old abyss, Yet were its making good for this, The dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea, That Luthien for a time shoud be ~ ~Beren: The Song of Parting

05-27-2002, 12:45 AM	#13
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Anyone here read it in the original Norwegian? __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

05-27-2002, 03:01 AM	#14
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to. . . __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

06-12-2002, 12:34 AM	#15
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	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. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

06-16-2002, 11:33 AM	#16
webwizard333 Elf Lord Join Date: May 2001 Location: myob Posts: 587	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. __________________ Boo!

06-16-2002, 01:59 PM	#17
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	I think I've heard of that one...is it good? __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

06-16-2002, 09:47 PM	#19
webwizard333 Elf Lord Join Date: May 2001 Location: myob Posts: 587	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. __________________ Boo!

06-17-2002, 01:08 PM	#20
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	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! __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

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