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Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
by Jostein Gaarder
A Favorite of 7, Read by 111, Owned by 94, Reviewed by 4, Quotes 4
Wanting to understand the most fundamental questions of the universe isn't the province of ivory-tower intellectuals alone, as this book's enormous popularity has demonstrated. A young girl, Sophie, becomes embroiled in a discussion of philosophy with a faceless correspondent. At...(more)
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Jostein Gaarder : Gaia Explorer
Fri Apr 10 01:51:02 UTC 2009
Source: Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
Contributed by: Tsuya.
Jostein Gaarder said

SO NOW YOU MUST CHOOSE… Are you a child who has not yet become world-weary? Or are you a philosopher who will vow never to become so? To children, the world and everything in it is new, something that gives rise to astonishment. It is not like that for adults. Most adults accept the world as a matter of course. This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never gets quite used to the world. To him or her, the world continues to seem a bit unreasonable - bewildering, even enigmatic. Philosophers and small children thus have an important faculty in common. The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder

Jostein Gaarder : Gaia Explorer
Fri Apr 10 01:49:50 UTC 2009
Source: Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
Contributed by: Tsuya.
Jostein Gaarder said

Why is Lego the most ingenious toy in the world?