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Sophie's world

Paperback • 2000 • English • 1. edition

Sophie's world: a novel about the history of philosophy

By

Jostein Gaarder,

Paulette Møller

53 Ratings • 4.4 of 5

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About the book

Looking in her mailbox one day, a fourteen-year-old Norwegian schoolgirl called Sophie Amundsen finds two surprising pieces of paper. On them are written the questions: 'Who are you?' and 'Where does the world come from?' The writer is an enigmatic philosopher called Albert Knox, and his two teasing questions are the beginning of an extraordinary tour through the history of Western Philosophy from the pre-Socratics to Sartre. In a series of brilliantly entertaining letters, and then in person (w...Show more

Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Philosophy

Book details

ISBN

9781857992915

Publisher

Phoenix

Published year

2000

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Sophie's world

Format

Paperback

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Sofies verden

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Sofies verden

Hardcover · 2003

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53 Ratings • 4.4 of 5

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