Wow! This book has helped me understand the history of philosophy better than any college course. So readable for what I had thought was a dry topic. It wasn't dry at all in this format.

Call me a xenophobe- I don't like translated books when the prose doesn't sound quite like English. It was a weird and awkward read for me. I read about 100 pages and couldn't stand it any more.

PLEASE NOTE...contrary to the descripttion, the listing is for the paperback novel only. There is not a CD-ROM included.

Sophie Amundsen is about to turn 15 when she receives a letter from one Alberto Knox, a philosopher who undertakes to educate her in his craft. Sections in which we read the text of Knox's lessons to Sophie about the pre-Socratics, Plato and St. Augustine alternate with those in which we find out about Sophie's life with her well-meaning mother. Soon, though, Sophie begins receiving other, stranger missives addressed to one Hilde Moller Knag from her absent father, Albert. As Alberto Knox's lessons approach this century, he and Sophie come to suspect that they are merely characters in a novel written by Albert for his daughter.

Fun introduction to philosophy. It goes off the deep end, but I think that is the point!

When I first picked up this book the premise grabbed me enough to push thru what at times was a difficult read. It is like a history of philosophy and a mystery novel in one shot. Can be confusing at times, but worth the read.

I read this long ago. It pretends to be a child's level philosophy book, but it gets dense pretty quickly. However, it's a cool frame story wherein some mysterious narrator is teaching a young girl philosophy like it's a game.

This would be of great use to a freshman philosophy student. There's alot to learn and/or it's a great review. After about 2/3 of the way through I had had it. I wanted more story and less lecture!
The first 2/3 were probably worth trying the book.

Good movie; better book (aren't they all?)...a child's view of the world and the philosophers and their beliefs who have shaped our sphere It is a sort of fictional novel that has an accurate philosophical base as support, and it really works. Hats off to Jostein Gaarder.

One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mail: Who are you? and Where does the world come from? Before she knows it, she is enrolled ina correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre and beyond, with a mysterious phlosopher. But Sophie is receiving a separate batch of equally unusual letters. Who is Hilde? and why does her mail keep turning up in Sophie's world? to unravel this riddle, Sophie must make use of the philosophy she is learning. But the truth is far more complicated than she could have imagined....

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On Sophie Amundsen's fifteenth birthday, she is thrust into a world full of philosophical lessons with the mysterious philosopher Alberto. In between getting a crash course on the entire history of philosophy, Sophie struggles to figure out why messages for someone named Hilde keep on showing up in her world. Along the way, she makes a startling discovery that could reduce her very existence to merely a figment of someone else's imagination.

SOPHIE’S WORLD is a captivating story that will enchant readers of all ages. It is half a philosophy lesson, half a brilliantly imagined suspense novel. While the ending left me dissatisfied, I was completely fascinated by the rest of the book and would definitely recommend it to everyone.

A long book about philosphy. You can learn philosophy while reading about Sophie trying to answer the questions of existence.

"number 1 international bestseller that has captivated millions a wonderous journey of intellect and imagination that will make you look at life through the eyes of a child again"

Teaching a young girl about the history of philosophy.

Very interesting.

A mystery novel. very philisophical.

Sophie's World is a very intellectually stimulating book.

It's been awhile since I read this book. I remember enjoying it; it was well written and fairly interesting. The subject didn't really appeal to me personally though. The protagonist, Sophie, is consumed with questioning herself and the world around her. A good read, but a little heavy on the philosophy.

I bought this book while taking a college Philosophy course. It caused me to look at philosophy with new eyes.

A wonderful overview, for adults or teens.

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