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    <body><![CDATA[What went right in the beginning of with Sophie's World?  And what caused it to plunge so grievously, groan-inducingly wrong?  As a colleague commented to me, it's not often that we make it all the way through books that turn us off so dramatically.  True.  However, it's also unusual that a book wou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5379589">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Marx accused philosophers of describing the world and failing to change it. One of the extremely innovatinve aspects of this book is the author's ability to demonstrate how the world would be if philosophers did indeed change it. Bizarre though Berkeley, Hegel and Leibniz may seem to us, Gaarder doe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3499782">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/><br/>إن الميزة الوحيدة اللازمة لكي يصبح الإنسان فيلسوفاً جيداً هي قدرتة على الدهشة <br/>*<br/>ليس تماماً السؤال  أكون أو لا أكون ؟  بل يجب أن نتسائل عما نحن ؟ <br/>هل نحن ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21781154">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The two things this book has going for it are: the plot and narrative frame are original and creative, and the story is more informative than most.  <br/><br/>The basic premise is that a 14-year-old Norwegian girl embarks on a correspondence course with a philosopher, and he teaches her the major ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11083826">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, <em>Sophie’s World </em>has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print.<br/><br/>One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: “Who are you?” and “Where does the world come from?” From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Have you ever got from your friend that notebook where you like to read or study from it? Have you every said thing such: “OMG, He got the professor’s idea and wrote it very well” or thing such: “great summary you did for these lessons, may you give it to me to copy it”. Jostein Gaarder is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8732160">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[داستانی درباره تاریخ فلسفه]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[همانطور که پشت جلد کتاب نوشته است،«گردر» استاد ساده نویسی و ایجاز است.<br/>مطالعه این کتاب را مخصوصاً به کسانی که مطالعات فلسلفی کمی داشته اند توصیه میکنم.بیان ساده مس...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1184584">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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 the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning.  The truth is far more complicated than she  could ever have imagined.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>For the most part, the history of philosophy offered in Sophie’s World is sound, though of course often overly simplified. Such simplification is expected and acceptable in a book of this size and for its intended audience. It is at its best in the classical and medieval periods. As we get i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4911664">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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 the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning.  The truth is far more complicated than she  could ever have imagined.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the book immensely. I studied basic philosophy in college so I soon became aware that many philosophers were left out and whole era's were glossed over in this book. You know, that's OK. One - It's not a text book and two - It's NOT a text book!<br/><br/>The stories are separate and fina...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24032748">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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 the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning.  The truth is far more complicated than she  could ever have imagined.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Buku ini gue baca udah lama banget, pas awal-awal gw kul di psikologi. Direkomendasikan oleh salah satu temen gw, ktanya bgs buat belajar filsafat. Secara gue waktu SMA ga pernah tau dg keberadaan ilmu filsafat sama sekali, dan gw harus menghadapi mata kuliah filsafat selama 2 tahun berturut2 (kalo ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7873839">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, <em>Sophie’s World </em>has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print.<br/><br/>One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: “Who are you?” and “Where does the world come from?” From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[well, selesai baca buku ini, aku dapat dengan yakin memutuskan satu hal: aku gak suka filsafat.<br/><br/>bukan, bukan karena buku ini jelek. samasekali enggak. justru buku inilah yg bikin aku ngerti apa seh sbenernya filsafat itu. buku yg menceritakan para filsuf terkenal dan pemikiran mereka mule...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4466886">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[โลกของโซฟี]]>
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    <![CDATA[เส้นทางจินตนาการ สู่ประวัติศาสตร์ปรัชญา]]>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[ในที่สุดก็อ่านจบ! ในความพยายามครั้งที่ 5<br/>เล่มนี้เป็นหนังสือเล่มแรกๆที่ซื้อในชีวิต<br/>ที่ชอบมากจนตั้งใจอ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56153504">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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 the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning.  The truth is far more complicated than she  could ever have imagined.]]>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[philosophy teachers]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Dennis Coelho]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jul 10 10:26:44 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 12 13:53:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The philosophy teacher, Alberto Knox, probably a literary stand-in for the author himself, laments that he knows of no good philosophy book for young people. <em>Sophie's World</em> is supposed to be that book. Written by a teacher of high school philosophy, written about a teenage girl who is abruptly drawn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52409736">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[عالم صوفي]]>
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    <![CDATA[تعود صوفي ذات يوم من مدرستها لتجد في صندوق البريد سؤالين يقولان: من أنت؟ ومن أين جاء العالم؟<br/><br/>تلك هي بداية المغامرة التي ستخوضها صوفي في عالم الفلسفة مع أستاذ غامض لا يريد أن يفصح عن هويته. ولن يكون غموض هذا الأستاذ إلا لغزاً من ألغاز أخرى كثيرة ستقتحم عالم صوفي. فلماذا تتلقى صوفي باستمرار بطاقات بريدية موجهة إلى بنت أخرى اسمها هيلد؟ ومن هي هيلد هذه؟ بل ومن هي صوفي ذاتها؟ تحاول صوفي حل تلك الألغاز مستعينة بمعرفتها الوليدة بالفلسفة. لكن الحقيقة التي ستنتهي إلى اكتشافها أغرب من كل ما كان بوسعها تخيله.<br/><br/>في هذا القالب الروائي الشائق نطالع عرضاً مبسطاً لمسار الفلسفة الغربية منذ العصر اليوناني القديم حتى عصرنا الحاضر.<br/><br/>والرواية تتبع مسار ذلك الفكر في ارتباطه بالسياق التاريخي الذي تطور داخله. فهي تعرض، مثلاً، الملامح العامة للثقافة اليونانية والملامح العامة لثقافة المسيحية وكيف تصادمتا من جهة وتفاعلتا من جهة أخرى. كما تعرض لعصر النهضة وعصر الباروك والعصر الرومانسي وما كان لهذه الفترات المختلفة من تأثيرات في مجالات العمارة والفن والموسيقى. وهي تعرض أيضاً لتطور النظريات العلمية التي تركت آثارها على عالم الفكر والفلسفة مثل التصورات العلمية لجاليليو وكوبرنيك ونيوتن وداروين. وتتطرق إلى أحدث المعارف المتعلقة بنشأة الحياة ونشأة الكون. كما تتناول، علاوة على ذلك، التصورات الحديثة عن نفس الإنسان. والكتاب إذن عرض لتاريخ الحضارة الغربية ككل.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow.  This book is a personal victory for me.  I am currently entering the second great phase of reading in my life, and finally finishing this goddam book is responsible for that.  I haven't read many books since graduating high school, and in those days I would read all the time in and out of clas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8225467">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I first saw the cover and read the summary of this book, it was very unnappealing and certainly not to my taste. I was unfamiliar with the hype it got so that didn't help. (I normally pay no attention to any accomplishments listed in the book itself)<br/><br/>I had a hunch that there would be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7379440">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is to philosophy what Brysons <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= A Short History Of Nearly Everything" title=" A Short History Of Nearly Everything"> A Short History Of Nearly Everything</a> is to science, except it's nowhere near as enjoyable a read, and it's far more vague.<br/><br/>If you are already interested and educated in philosophy, then this book is not for you, as it only briefly touches on some t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/906865">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, <em>Sophie’s World </em>has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print.<br/><br/>One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: “Who are you?” and “Where does the world come from?” From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this simultaneously with my ex. He skimmed the narrative parts and only read the philosophy. I did the opposite. We both hated it. Maybe it was our reading methods, but I'd prefer to blame Jostein. Fucking Jostein!]]></body>
    
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