Sophies World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy

I’m about to finish the book Sophie’s world and I really think it’s a book that everyone should read. It’s amazing how Jostein Gaarder can resume the history of philosophy in such a clear way. Even if it’s full of very complex concepts and theories, it’s so easy to read and to understand. A very good book that will makes you think about yourself and about the world.

I just finished reading Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder.

This book is sooooo insightful and so amazing it will blow your mind away.

It's like Philosophy for dummies, gives you the ideas behind each school of thought and explains it quite well.

It's starts with the Garden of Eden, the natural philosophers, Fate, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and keeps going until it reaches Marx , Darwin, Freud and finally ending with the big bang.

What I loved about the book is that it tells philosophy in novel format, mixing the story of a 14 year old, Sophie, who starts receiving mysterious letters in the mail asking her very hard questions like: What is Philosophy? Who are you? And Where does the world come from?

The sender of these letters is an old man called Alberto Knox. With his letters Alberto and Sophie start exploring the intriguing world of Philosophy.

This Novel is fantasy colliding with reality where you are forced to think about Religion, Science the Universe , God and way more important things than what you usually think about, unless of course, you are a philosopher.

A page turner, didn't want to put it down. Might be difficult in some spots but definitely an extraordinary book to read.

I rarely read a book twice but I will definitely read this one again because its going on the list of my favorite books of all time. It even might be number one.

Go read it.

I kid you not, this is an amazing introduction to the history of ideas. Philosophy has a reputation of being abstract and irrelevant to everyday life. Through out the book Gaarder makes philosophy exciting and relevant to the protagonist, and in doing so the reader is caught up in the excitement. You cant put this book down as you anticipate how the author will weave thinkers like Kant or Sartre through out the plot. It makes you wonder why there are not more books of this genre. Imagine the ideas and thinkers of economics, politics, psychology and sociology coming alive in fictional stories for young adults. Don't be fooled, this book has something for the wise sage too.

An intriguing novel with a side helping of beginner's philosophy. Within the first few pages you are thrust in to Sophie's world, and find yourself just as eager as Sophie to discover the answers to life's most influential philosophers. This book is for anyone who has a passion for philosophy, and wants to unlock the abswers to some of life's great questions.