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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Dense, and slow to get through. Sometimes frustrating. But very informative. I took an into philosophy course in college, and so some of it was just review for me, but it elucidated well some of the more complicated points of some philosophers' views. It would probably do me well to reread the book to review, but I just can't bring myself to do that.
Also, does it frustrate anyone else that apparently that book can be read in like a day? Haha.
Also, does it frustrate anyone else that apparently that book can be read in like a day? Haha.
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
informative
slow-paced
challenging
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Un livre passionnant, qu'il faut que je me procure, car il est intellectuellement très profond et très réfléchi. Ce bouquin invite à la réflexion et à la découverte et, étonnamment, il s'applique en lui-même une réflexion et une critique. Ça m'a donné envie de lire certains philosophes.
I didn't actually finish this. It was a gold refresher on philosophy though with a little mystery too.
I am not exactly sure what my reaction to this book is. I thought the storyline was extremely contrived especially in the beginning (maybe something lost in translation?). The philosophy refresher was good, but I think other books may do a better job.
Getting a teenager hooked on to ideas of Philosophy, that too diligently wanting to follow its steady arc chronologically, is always going to be an uphill task. But not if you believe in the imaginative power of ideas yourself; certainly not if you figure an ingenious way out to break away from the classroom tediousness, to take those ideas with you and sail across in a boat ride, and then to hold them back just enough until you start again, and even more so if you know how to get dogs deliver them mail for you.
Sophie's World is a fresh way to look at the history of thoughts thought by the most genius minds over the millennia. The innovation in telling the history enjoins the imagination of telling a story; the story of Sophie Amundsen who, could it be argued, is more real than her real counterpart.
The coming of age for Sophie involves the creative play of splitting or rather multiplying her self ... to evolve into her indubitable double. Is it Hilde reading Sophie or the other way round, turned frantically over the pages, truly amounts to the best bits of the book. The postmodernist blend of fiction and history enables the flight of philosophy which the readers, much like Sophie, would be comfortable to take.
About the 'philosophy' as such, it would be better to hark as much at those other counterparts of the Western world. That the narration jars towards the final scenes is probably an outcome of the literary pull of closing down the circle that deserves to start all over again.
One cannot complain much albeit when at your helm is a girl who knows what is she dealing with and who is firmly taking steps to affirm her journey.
Sophie's World is a fresh way to look at the history of thoughts thought by the most genius minds over the millennia. The innovation in telling the history enjoins the imagination of telling a story; the story of Sophie Amundsen who, could it be argued, is more real than her real counterpart.
The coming of age for Sophie involves the creative play of splitting or rather multiplying her self ... to evolve into her indubitable double. Is it Hilde reading Sophie or the other way round, turned frantically over the pages, truly amounts to the best bits of the book. The postmodernist blend of fiction and history enables the flight of philosophy which the readers, much like Sophie, would be comfortable to take.
About the 'philosophy' as such, it would be better to hark as much at those other counterparts of the Western world. That the narration jars towards the final scenes is probably an outcome of the literary pull of closing down the circle that deserves to start all over again.
One cannot complain much albeit when at your helm is a girl who knows what is she dealing with and who is firmly taking steps to affirm her journey.
Una manera diferente de leer filosofía para los adolescentes .