Sophie's World
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A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie's World has fired the imagi... read full description

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May 07, 2008
Toby rated it: 3 of 5 stars
It took me two months to get through this 500-page book. I can rationalize the reasons thusly:

— I was busy.

— I took time to absorb the content of the book. Instead of rushing through it, I let each chapter sink in before I moved on.

But that’s, you know, rationalizing. Here’s the real reason: It’s not very good. Okay, wait, that’s not fair. Let me start again.

Sophie’s World is, as the full title suggests, a “Novel about the history of philosophy.” T More...
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Oct 16, 2010
Mashael rated it: 5 of 5 stars

إن الميزة الوحيدة اللازمة لكي يصبح الإنسان فيلسوفاً جيداً هي قدرتة على الدهشة
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ليس تماماً السؤال أكون أو لا أكون ؟ بل يجب أن نتسائل عما نحن ؟
هل نحن كائنات بشرية حقيقية من لحم ودم ؟ هل عالمنا مؤلف من أشياء حقيقية ؟ أم أننا محاطون فقط في الضمير ؟
كيف لنا أن نتأكد من أن الحياة ليست حلماً ؟
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جوستاين غاردر*


رأيي الشخصي :
هل خطر ببال أحدكم يوماً انه لم يكن إلا شخصية خيالية في رواية أو مجرد كائن وهمي في خيال أحدهم ؟
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Dec 17, 2009
Beth rated it: 1 of 5 stars
I was a philosophy major in school and *everybody* would ask if I had read Sophie's World. "What an amazing book!" they would gush. "You'll love it!"

So I bought it. Purchased the book, let it simmer on my shelf for awhile, and finally picked it up a few years ago to give it a go.

I slogged through the first few chapters. Did my best to suspend my disbelief at the transparently device the author uses to introduce the ideas of many famous (and not-so- More...
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Feb 07, 2012
David rated it: 5 of 5 stars
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!

The stories are separate and finally come together in a fairly predictable way. It is a bit didactic, but imagine yourself a very bright, curious, thoughtful and sensitive 14, 15 or 16 year-old struggling with the usual thoughts and More...
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Dec 17, 2009
Karen rated it: 2 of 5 stars
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 would seem at least moderately intriguing and appealing for 500 pages, then flop. Flop in my personal opinion, that is.

The good things about Sophie's World...Interesting frame story that evo More...
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Dec 17, 2009
Kenghis rated it: 4 of 5 stars
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 does a remarkable job showing us how the world would looks like through the spectacles of these thinkers. Sophie's World is arguably unparalleled in its ability to "apply" the philosophical dis More...
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May 17, 2011
Saud rated it: 5 of 5 stars
في هذا المراجعة سوف أتحدث فقط عن الترجمة العربية لرواية "عالم صوفي"؛ فقد سنحت لي الفرصة لقراءة جزء كبير من الرواية بالترجمة العربية ( 350 صفحة ) ومن ثم إعادة قراءتها كاملاً بالترجمة الإنجليزية.

نجحت المترجمة ( حياة الحويك عطيه ) إلى حد ما في ترجمة الرواية حتى فصل ديكارت, من بعدها إنحدر مستوى الترجمة بشكل واضح. مشكلة الترجمات العربية عموما, وهذه الترجمة خصوصا, أنها لا تخضع للتدقيق أو المراجعة بعد الانتهاء منها.

في جولة في المنتديات العربية سوف تلاحظ ان معظم القراء قر More...
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Dec 10, 2010
Bader rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Have you ever got from your friend that notebook that you like to read or study from? Have you ever 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 one of these people who know how to give you a well done summary which makes you so comfortable with studying. However, while you are studying those notes to achieve what you want to achieve you would read this boo More...
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Nov 14, 2011
Carlo rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Sophie’s World is an outline of Western philosophy that is beautifully set in a fictional story. It goes from pre-Socratic philosophy all the way to Sartre.

Jostein Gaarder does a very good job not just by writing a concise history of philosophy, but also by writing a very accessible book for as far as early teenagers, which in itself is worthy of high praise. His comparison between different philosophers throughout the book is truly remarkable and made the book very enjoyable. He de More...
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Jan 08, 2008
Rebecca rated it: 2 of 5 stars
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.

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 points of Western philosophy, from the ancient Greeks up until the existentialists. What makes the narrative structure more original than your average novel is that everything becomes very meta and s More...
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Dec 16, 2009
Arash rated it: 4 of 5 stars
همانطور که پشت جلد کتاب نوشته است،«گردر» استاد ساده نویسی و ایجاز است.
مطالعه این کتاب را مخصوصاً به کسانی که مطالعات فلسلفی کمی داشته اند توصیه میکنم.بیان ساده مسائل فلسفی به همراه مثالهایی که برای سوفی زده میشود به خواننده کمک می کند تا دیدی کلی از مطلب پیدا کند .اما لازمه خلاصه نویسی حذف جزئیات است.پس انتظار نداشته باشید بعد از خواندن این کتاب شما را فیلسوف بنامند! اما امیدوارم بیاموزید که چگونه فلسفی بیندیشید.
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Oct 16, 2010
أروى rated it: 4 of 5 stars
"الذي لا يعرف كيف يتعلم دروس الثلاثة آلاف سنة الأخيرة، يبقى في العتمة"

غوتة..


بهذه الكلمات يبدأ الكتاب..

رغم طوله إلا أنني أراه متفرداً جداً في الحديث عن الفلسفة بأسلوب غير مفلسف..

منذ مدة وأنا أقرأه ولم أنته منه بعد..

أشعر أنه ذلك النوع من الكتب الذي يبقى بجوارك وحين تكون مستعداً لأن تطلق فكرك بعيداً جداًبمنتهى الحرية يصبح مناسباً للقراءة..

ربما سينتظر كثيراً!! More...
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Oct 16, 2010
Lord rated it: 5 of 5 stars
سلام امروز می خوام یه نقد کوچیک یا بهتر بگم اون مطالبی که از کتاب (دنیای سوفی) دریافت کردم رو براتون بنویسم

می خوام از فیلسوفان طبیعی شروع کنیم تا سقراط و افلاطون و ارسطو و مقایسه ی انها با هم و انقلابی که در اروپا به وجود اوردن

خوب اول از فیلسوفان طبیعی شروع می کنیم

انها می گفتند که باید چیزی از عدم وجود داشته باشه یعنی دگرگونیها را در هستی می دیدند ولی پاسخی برای این دگرگونی نداشتند

عقیده ی انها بر این بود که تمام تغیرات در دنیا باید از یک نوع جوهر ا More...
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Apr 20, 2011
K.D. rated it: 4 of 5 stars
This is a truly one of the most amazing books that I read so far! After reading a few pages in 2007, I got really busy at work so this got sidelined. When I got interested on reading again a few months back and last weekend I resumed reading this, I just could not put this down and finished remaining 400 pages or so in just 2 days. I had almost zero background in Philosophy and its novel filled up my brain to the brim! And the way this novel did that was amazing. It was an easy read as I know th More...
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Aug 25, 2007
Shawn rated it: 2 of 5 stars

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 into the 18th and 19th centuries, there are some disappointing and questionable choices. There is altogether too much attention given to Marx and Freud, while nothing is remarked about John Stuart Mill o More...
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Oct 13, 2011
Eman rated it: 5 of 5 stars
كيف لي أن أبدأ بالكتابة عنها ؟ هذا ما راودني قبل نهاية الكتاب بقليل ؟ هل أقوم بتجزئتها وتحليلها ، أم فقط أسرد عنها القليل وأترك البقية ليكتشفها القارئ وهذا ما أميلُ إليه في كتابتي عن الكتب التي أقرأها، يكفيني أن أعرض موجز لرأيي ومحتوى الكتاب ..

كم هي الكتب التي تجعل منك إنساناً آخر قليلة نوع الكتب الذي يشقلب عقلك لتفكر بطريقة محترفة وتعيش بطريقة مخالفة لك ..

عالم صوفي فكك حياتي لأجزاء صغيره وأعاد ترتيبها من جديد بل صوفي العزيزة وأستاذها البرتو أصبحا جزءاً لهُ اعتبار كب More...
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Sep 07, 2011
Angus rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Disclaimer: This is not a review. This may have spoilers. Read at your own risk. Visit original post at Book Rhapsody.

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Intro

I read this book when I took a philosophy class as an elective course back in college. Actually, I did not finish the book during that semester for some reason. I suppose it was thesis time. Anyway, I resumed my reading of it a few months after graduation.

I think this should be made a required reading in Philosophy 101 class More...
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Feb 23, 2010
Abdullah rated it: 3 of 5 stars
الرواية جميلة , فلسفية من الدرجة الاولى ...
أعتقد لو أن الكاتب طرح المعلومات الفلسفية في الرواية وكان مجرد سرد لتلك الأفكار لما لقي النجاح الذي لقيه الآن كـ "رواية" لها أحداث وشخصيات !

أسلوب الكاتب في الدمج بين الفلسفة والرواية ممتع ..والأحداث رائعة وطريقة الكشف عن الألغاز والغموض جيدة.

يعيب الرواية -من وجهة نظري- أنها طويلة نوعا ما ...شعرت بالملل في بعض أرجاءها .. وبصدق لم أفهم بعض الأفكار المطروحة فيها.
أفكر في قراءتها باللغة الانجليزية .. بالرغم من ان More...
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Oct 17, 2007
Virgianti rated it: 5 of 5 stars
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 ngulang, ya berarti lbh lama lg dr itu...).

So... I read this book. Menarik banget. Diawali dgn seorang gadis kecil named Sophie, yang, spt kebanyakan anak kecil lainnya, penasaran dgn set More...
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Aug 14, 2007
Diah Ayu rated it: 3 of 5 stars
well, selesai baca buku ini, aku dapat dengan yakin memutuskan satu hal: aku gak suka filsafat.

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 dari jaman Plato sampe Sigmund Freud (iya, diurutin berdasarkan tahun gitu, bener2 kya ensiklopedi). buku yg berusaha keras (aku tahu si Jostein Gaarder bener2 berusahaaaa...) menjelaskan pemikiran f More...
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Jul 28, 2010
Anoud rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Man !!! I’m deeply, madly, extremely in love with the book !!!!!!!!

I don’t know from where I should start… but I definitely know that there are about a million thoughts ringing in my head at the moment!

So here she is ... Sophie, or Hilde (or me?) being thrown into a totally new pool of thoughts. A pool that she never (whoever is she!) has thought she would take even a peek at! Or, let’s say, she has never realized that it’s existed before.

Sophie’s World is a More...
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Dec 05, 2011
Huda rated it: 4 of 5 stars
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Oct 13, 2011
LonelyRose rated it: 4 of 5 stars
جميله جداً و بسيطه و عميقه في نفس الوقت

قد إيه صعب إن الواحد ينسى كل حابه إتعلمها و يبدأ يفكر من الأول... بس لازم نحاول

نصيحه 1: حاولوا تقرأوا النسخه الإنجليزيه, لأن الترجمه العربي مش كويسه

نصيحه 2: لو أي حد عنده أخوه/قرايب/معارف صغيرين شويه (12 - 16 سنه) يهديه نسخه من الروايه و يناقشه فيها
و يا سلام لو حد هنا بيدرس تاريخ أو فلسلفه في مدرسه (أو حد يعرف مدرس) و يرشح له الروايه و يحكيها لتلاميذه
بجد هي أصلاً لازم تتدرس في المدارس بل الكتب المتخلفه اللي إحنا بندرس More...
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Aug 19, 2011
Ginny rated it: 1 of 5 stars
Alright,I try to be honest with this book;not biased or jaded.Is it just because I don't like philosophy or that I don't like philosophers? Or does it make any difference at all??
anyway,let's start with the characters that are one of the most important standards for me to like or dislike a book.
Sophie,the protagonist,is a 15 year old girl.she's a happy go lucky girl, goes to school everyday and has nice friends, but all of a sudden some letters are sent to her that turn her whole life More...
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Jun 13, 2009
Pumsish rated it: 5 of 5 stars
ในที่สุดก็อ่านจบ! ในความพยายามครั้งที่ 5
เล่มนี้เป็นหนังสือเล่มแรกๆที่ซื้อในชีวิต
ที่ชอบมากจนตั้งใจอ่านมากๆ เลยไม่จบสักที
พออ่านไปถึงหน้าร้อยกว่าๆทีไร ก็จะ overload จนอ่านต่อไม่ได้เพราะรู้สึกว่าถ้าอ่านต่อไปต้องสับสน

เล่มนี้เป็นหนังสือสอนปรัชญาของโลกตะวันตกที่มาในรูปนิยาย เราจะได้เรียนปรัชญาไปพร้อมๆกับโซฟีในเรื่อง
ถึงจะขึ้นชื่อว่าเป็นนิยาย แต่ความเข้มข้นของเนื้อหาก็ยังเต็มที่(ก็เกือบทั้งเล่มน่ะแหละเนื้อหา)
ถึงอย่างนั้นส่วนที่เป็นนิยายก็ยังสนุกดีและผู้อ่านจะได้ร More...
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Jul 10, 2009
Dusty rated it: 3 of 5 stars
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. Sophie's World is supposed to be that book. Written by a teacher of high school philosophy, written about a teenage girl who is abruptly drawn into a beginner's course in philosophy, this book doesn't risk letting you forget its project: THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT PHILOSOPHY.

So let's judge it at that. Is it a good book of philosophy? More...
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Jun 05, 2010
M rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Sophie's World is a magical tale in the vast philosophical world. From Plato to contemporary philosophy.
Fantastic and great tale!. Extraordinary travel in the past, present and future.....an odyssey.

No stamp, no sender ... The interior? a piece of paper with simply writing: "Who are you?"
How stupid question! It is Sophie! Sophie Amundsen! But if it was someone else? More...
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Oct 25, 2007
Peejo rated it: 3 of 5 stars
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 class. My mom gave me this for my birthday a few years ago, and I've been slowly but surely reading it since then. I finally put some energy into it and finished it just recently, and now I feel like I' More...
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Oct 07, 2007
Nefik rated it: 5 of 5 stars
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)

I had a hunch that there would be points where the book would impress me and at points, it had a potential to be substandard but something about it made me pick it up and I'm glad I did as this remains to be one of THE books that I w More...
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Dec 16, 2009
Jonny rated it: 2 of 5 stars
This book is to philosophy what Brysons A Short History Of Nearly Everything is to science, except it's nowhere near as enjoyable a read, and it's far more vague.

If you are already interested and educated in philosophy, then this book is not for you, as it only briefly touches on some theories and it over-simplified in most cases, leading the uneducated reader into thinking they understand the theory, when in fact what they understand often barely resembles the theory as it was firs More...
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