Sophie’s World is about the life of a 14 year-old girl called Sophie Amundsen. It takes you on a journey though 3000 years of Western philosophy‚ presenting important and in most cases annoying questions.<br><br>This is the explanation of philosophy and philosophers given in the book:<br>"A white rabbit is pulled out of a top hat. Because it is an extremely large rabbit‚ the trick takes many billions of years. All mortals are born at the very tip of the rabbit’s fine hairs‚ where they are in a position
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Sophie’s World is a novel about the History of Philosophy written by Jostein Gaarder‚ a former Norwegian high school philosophy teacher. Though the book was written and created by the author with the purpose of reaching up to these young minds by means of sharing his thoughts and ideas regarding to the history of philosophy‚ adults made Sophie’s World viral due to the wide imagination the book caused them to have. It was translated to fifty nine languages and has sold an estimated 40 million copies
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Henderson ENG1_APHUG 17 May 2014 After I read “Sophie’s World” by Jostein Gaarder‚ I was opened up to the different ways of thinking by many well-known philosophers. Each philosopher had their own point of view and ways of thinking. Ranging from religious perspectives to over the top ideas that were unaccepted by the people of their time‚ these men tried to answer philosophical questions such as “What is our purpose in life?” and “Where did the world come from?”. During their times‚ such thinking was
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Sophie Germain Sophie Germain was a mathematician‚ who posed herself as a man because young women were not supposed to be taught math. Sophie Germain was born in Paris‚ France on April 1‚ 1776 to Ambroise-Francios Germain and Marie-Madeleine Germain (Lewis). She had one older sister and one younger sister. Sophie Germain full name is Marie-Sophie Germain. She changed her name to Sophie because in her family her older sister and her mother both had Marie has their first name. At the age of thirteen
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There were many famous people that had a positive influence on the world. One of the significant people is Madeleine Sophie Barat. She was born in a fire prematurely in 1779. She was educated by her brother Louis at the time when it was not common for girls to be educated. Being educated well‚ Sophie became a great person. By chance‚ Louis met priest Joseph Varin‚ who he introduced to Sophie that made her join “The Religious Society of Women Educator” which led her to live her life as an educator
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Sophie Scholl paper March 4‚ 2011 Quiet People Never Go Down In History. Being courageous and different is a hard and sometimes a dangerous thing to do. Sophie Scholl showed me what it was like to be a woman and go against your government’s beliefs when you knew what they were doing was wrong. In the movie Sophie Scholl The Final Days‚ Sophie and her brother Hans write leaflets about what Hitler was really doing to all the Jews‚ and put them all over the college commons. They almost get away
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Comments Consistency: The land of Ingary where the main character lives has its own regulation and mechanism; in which the eldest of three destined to be the unsuccessful one. The main character Sophie is the eldest of three. She is now bound to the magical rule of Ingary. The rule keeps making her doomed with her own fate even though she actually has better qualities than her siblings. Recovery: Through this magical event‚ she rediscovers a new reality she needs to stumble upon. She realizes that
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Sophie was a very brave person to defy what the Nazis said but she knew what a risk she was taking. When Hans thought of an idea and shared it with the other members of the White Rose Resistance group Willi and Christoph said that the risks were too great and that they weren’t willing to take the risk‚ this is where Hans said that he would take all the blame but Sophie said with great courage that she would help distribute the leaflets to the university and this is where they went on their way
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Sophie‚ unlike every woman in Missouri smitten with Hyde Reed finds the much talked about night club owner‚ to be pompous and overhyped. And Hyde‚ rich‚ arrogant‚ but charming with a plethora of women at his disposal‚ finds something he hasn’t in a long time when he runs into Sophie at Fringe‚ the night club he owns. And as these unlikely two navigate around their differences‚ driving one another mad‚ their attraction is undeniable. However‚ as their relationship progresses‚ Sophie’s fear that she
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