Sophia's World, anyone?

Anyone read Sophia’s World by Jostein Gaardner?.. I’ve just started reading it and want to know your thoughts on it!

never have read it. Is it any good? :wink:

Sophie’s world?

That brings back memories… I read it about 6 or 7 years ago when I was still at school.

I think also it was a worldwide bestseller…

it’s a worldwide bestseller, like you said, it’s mainly about the basics of philosophy and philosophy throughout the ages

it’s got a rather freaky ending, which is the most fun part of the book

a nice intro into philosophy i suppose

yeah… i started it today, but its very interesting… and yes, an intro to philosophy… thts why im reading it… very good so far

its not bad for a first introduction to some philosophical questions.
a popular novel, good because a first introduction can’t be a manual.
i recommend it if you’re in high school and don’t need anything too deep.
it goes off the deep end a tad in the end.

aaah…Sophie’s World…I read it a few years ago. It’s practically an introductory crash course in philosophy. I loved it.

Ever since, I’ve loved reading Jostein Garder’s books. My favourite is The Solitaire Mystery. It’s fascinating! brazil.Ronaldo_9…i suggest you read it. u’d love it!

And Hello is Anybody Out there,is quite a good one for kids…!!

whitelotus …Harry Potter??? ahahhaha

i personally think Garder is a genius!!!

I liked the book, except on the minus side i think it sold Aristotle short – and I thought the greatest toy should not have been lego blocks, but play-dough: matter that holds forms. I also remember there was an entertaining commentary on Marxism.

Now this might answer the previously posted question on these boards – how do you make philosophy popular?

I think I was the one who posed that question (or one like it) in jest. Philosophers already know how to make Philosophy popular. make a Philosopher King, have this myth about Metals, an Allegory about a cave, wild sex orgies between really smart folks…

The only thing that annoyed me about the novel was that every other page someone was saying " a’ bagatelle’ (sp).
1( I have no idea what that means.
2 Repetition in writing is ok when used for effect, but not so great when one just refuses to substitute a different term.

Or you could just publish Great Books sets and tell people, “Philosophy is everyone’s business.” That might be a better answer for a Democracy.

(Where did Plato mention sex orgies?)

Nowhere that I know of, that was me making a sly reference to someone else once saying he did.