Jostein Gaarder’s, Sophie’s World, gives its audience a proficient understanding of philosophy. Sophie’s World is about a young girl named Sophie Amundsen. She has several questions about life, how she came to be, and who she is. Sophie was a normal young girl, living her life day by day. She lived with her mom, went to school and hung out with friends when she could. One day, this all changed. She received two letters in the mail stating, “Who are you?” and “Where does the world come from?” Since she had received those first letters discussing philosophical ideas she was unable to focus on anything she use to. She was overwhelmingly interested in the philosophy presented to her. After philosophy devoured Sophie’s thoughts and actions,
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The main idea of this quote is asking how can a person live without knowing their past? This quote plays a huge roll in the “Two Cultures” chapter in terms of faith and beliefs. It presents the idea of a person needing to understand their faith’s history to know what they are believing in. The quote also refers to the idea of for a person to consider themselves having lived, they need to know their past. If a person does not know their past, then they have only been on earth for a little amount of time. On the contrary, if a person knows their past, then perhaps they have been on earth for many years. This idea is shared in the book; “She would not be living on this planet for more than a few years. But if the history of mankind was her own history, in a way she was thousands of years old” (161). This quote is very interesting, the idea of one person knowing their own history to have lived life to the fullest is a very great way to incorporate history throughout people’s lives. People will one day understand that history is important, but until everybody realizes humans will not have lived …show more content…
His ideas also portrayed that history becomes more purposeful as time goes on. The idea of “progress is messy” goes along with the thought that you learn from your mistakes or from your history. The key to this idea is if you apply what you learn to your future to make better decisions than your previous ones. One way this connects to the novel Sophie’s World, is in the idea of being a product. If something is a product than that something is real. Sophie is a product of Hilde’s father’s mind, therefore she is real. Sophie has affected the life of Hilde, allowing Hilde to believe in the idea of Sophie. As the story goes on, Hilde gradually starts believing in Sophie more and more. She is having more belief in Hilde because she has been able to be in contact with her while she is from an external world, this presents the idea of Hegel once
The main idea of this quote is asking how can a person live without knowing their past? This quote plays a huge roll in the “Two Cultures” chapter in terms of faith and beliefs. It presents the idea of a person needing to understand their faith’s history to know what they are believing in. The quote also refers to the idea of for a person to consider themselves having lived, they need to know their past. If a person does not know their past, then they have only been on earth for a little amount of time. On the contrary, if a person knows their past, then perhaps they have been on earth for many years. This idea is shared in the book; “She would not be living on this planet for more than a few years. But if the history of mankind was her own history, in a way she was thousands of years old” (161). This quote is very interesting, the idea of one person knowing their own history to have lived life to the fullest is a very great way to incorporate history throughout people’s lives. People will one day understand that history is important, but until everybody realizes humans will not have lived …show more content…
His ideas also portrayed that history becomes more purposeful as time goes on. The idea of “progress is messy” goes along with the thought that you learn from your mistakes or from your history. The key to this idea is if you apply what you learn to your future to make better decisions than your previous ones. One way this connects to the novel Sophie’s World, is in the idea of being a product. If something is a product than that something is real. Sophie is a product of Hilde’s father’s mind, therefore she is real. Sophie has affected the life of Hilde, allowing Hilde to believe in the idea of Sophie. As the story goes on, Hilde gradually starts believing in Sophie more and more. She is having more belief in Hilde because she has been able to be in contact with her while she is from an external world, this presents the idea of Hegel once