“Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.” This quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is something that I believe ties the writings together. This, paired with specific ideas expressed by Hegel (self-realization, the growth of knowledge of one’s self) is what can be taken from the novel.
The novel Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder is about a girl named Sophie, who grows in her knowledge of herself and philosophy by pondering life’s big questions. These questions are posed to her by an unknown person, who she eventually learns is a professor of philosophy. These questions make Sophie more of an individual thinker, and more of a philosopher herself.
Some of these questions challenge Sophie more than others do. …show more content…
I believe that it completely depends on the era and part of history being looked at, as to whether or not it serves a purpose. An example of history being purposeful would be the Holocaust. The genocide of 6 million innocent people was obviously something that the world has learned from, and will never let happen again. This idea is comparable to Hegel’s ideas of the ways history works. One of his basic beliefs is that humanity advances, and continues to advance in an expansion of knowledge of itself. When comparing the thoughts of Sophie in Sophie’s World to Hegel’s ideas, you can make the connection of self-realization. A prime example of this is found in the “Bjerkely” chapter. In the last sentence, the author talks about a realization made by Hilde, “In a momentary vision of absolute clarity Hilde knew that Sophie was more than just a paper and ink. She really existed,” (Gaarder 298). This proves the belief of self realization, because even though it was not made by Sophie, Hilde still goes through the ideas of discovery, and deciding the purpose of life, and people. One of his main beliefs is to expand the knowledge of yourself, and eventually become self-aware of reality, or lack of reality. Sophie does exactly this; as the professor teaches her more and more about philosophy, she learns more and more about herself. Eventually, it is revealed that Sophie doesn’t exist, she is just a
The novel Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder is about a girl named Sophie, who grows in her knowledge of herself and philosophy by pondering life’s big questions. These questions are posed to her by an unknown person, who she eventually learns is a professor of philosophy. These questions make Sophie more of an individual thinker, and more of a philosopher herself.
Some of these questions challenge Sophie more than others do. …show more content…
I believe that it completely depends on the era and part of history being looked at, as to whether or not it serves a purpose. An example of history being purposeful would be the Holocaust. The genocide of 6 million innocent people was obviously something that the world has learned from, and will never let happen again. This idea is comparable to Hegel’s ideas of the ways history works. One of his basic beliefs is that humanity advances, and continues to advance in an expansion of knowledge of itself. When comparing the thoughts of Sophie in Sophie’s World to Hegel’s ideas, you can make the connection of self-realization. A prime example of this is found in the “Bjerkely” chapter. In the last sentence, the author talks about a realization made by Hilde, “In a momentary vision of absolute clarity Hilde knew that Sophie was more than just a paper and ink. She really existed,” (Gaarder 298). This proves the belief of self realization, because even though it was not made by Sophie, Hilde still goes through the ideas of discovery, and deciding the purpose of life, and people. One of his main beliefs is to expand the knowledge of yourself, and eventually become self-aware of reality, or lack of reality. Sophie does exactly this; as the professor teaches her more and more about philosophy, she learns more and more about herself. Eventually, it is revealed that Sophie doesn’t exist, she is just a