In the beginning of Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder when I read the questions, “Who are you?” and “Where does the world come from?” I answered to myself the first thoughts that came to mind. When I asked myself, “Who are you?” I simply answered with “Jack Kennedy. I am a 15-year-old student at La Salle College High School and I live in . I did not really put too much thought into my answer, and answered with the surface of who I am. My answer changed by the time I arrived at the end of the novel. After I was finished the book and asked myself the question, “Who are you?” my answer involved my beliefs and morals, my personality, and who I associate myself with. The book brought to my attention that we have to analyze who we really are as
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The Renaissance taught us to look at the scientific side of ideas rather than the religious side. In doing so, we are able to progress because we have both sides of an argument. Galileo Galilei discovered the law of inertia, which is still used in today’s scientific world. The Renaissance also influenced today’s music, art, and writing.
10. “One cannot die in the middle of Act Five,” is an example of “romantic irony.” We know that the story continues for a few more acts, so it would not make sense for the character to die in the middle of the story. One cannot die in the middle of a task, or a play, that is not accomplished, or finished.
Schelling is the most well-known Romantic philosopher. “He saw nature as having a ‘world spirit’ and he saw the same ‘world spirit’ in the human mind.” He thought that the world and nature can both be seen by the human mind. Novalis said the whole universe is seen inside yourself. We have to look inside ourselves to see the entirety of the …show more content…
Hilde believed that there was a presence with her in the last scene, but her father made fun of her. Hilde did not care and kept her faith that Sophie was with her next to the rowboat.
15. When reading the 35 chapter titles of Sophie’s World, I had already heard of 13 topics. I was familiar with The Garden of Eden, Socrates, Athens, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenism, The Middle Ages, The Renaissance, The Enlightenment, Romanticism, Marx, Darwin, and The Big Bang. Especially the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, I knew what the book was discussing. It was easier to comprehend those chapters because we learned about them in World Civilizations. One topic I would like to research more is Kant’s philosophies. I found it interesting the way he explained that the “world is how we perceive it.” That means the we can see the world differently than our neighbor. I would also like to research more about Peter Dass. There was not a lot of information about his philosophies, but I was interested in the information that there was. He said that God is the only existence that is constant and everlasting. Dass stated, “God is God if every land was waste. God is God is every man were
The Renaissance taught us to look at the scientific side of ideas rather than the religious side. In doing so, we are able to progress because we have both sides of an argument. Galileo Galilei discovered the law of inertia, which is still used in today’s scientific world. The Renaissance also influenced today’s music, art, and writing.
10. “One cannot die in the middle of Act Five,” is an example of “romantic irony.” We know that the story continues for a few more acts, so it would not make sense for the character to die in the middle of the story. One cannot die in the middle of a task, or a play, that is not accomplished, or finished.
Schelling is the most well-known Romantic philosopher. “He saw nature as having a ‘world spirit’ and he saw the same ‘world spirit’ in the human mind.” He thought that the world and nature can both be seen by the human mind. Novalis said the whole universe is seen inside yourself. We have to look inside ourselves to see the entirety of the …show more content…
Hilde believed that there was a presence with her in the last scene, but her father made fun of her. Hilde did not care and kept her faith that Sophie was with her next to the rowboat.
15. When reading the 35 chapter titles of Sophie’s World, I had already heard of 13 topics. I was familiar with The Garden of Eden, Socrates, Athens, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenism, The Middle Ages, The Renaissance, The Enlightenment, Romanticism, Marx, Darwin, and The Big Bang. Especially the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, I knew what the book was discussing. It was easier to comprehend those chapters because we learned about them in World Civilizations. One topic I would like to research more is Kant’s philosophies. I found it interesting the way he explained that the “world is how we perceive it.” That means the we can see the world differently than our neighbor. I would also like to research more about Peter Dass. There was not a lot of information about his philosophies, but I was interested in the information that there was. He said that God is the only existence that is constant and everlasting. Dass stated, “God is God if every land was waste. God is God is every man were