Sophie's World presents the history of philosophy in the form of a novel. A young girl learns about life and philosophy. One day a few weeks before her fifteenth birthday Norwegian schoolgirl Sophie Amundsen looks inside her mailbox and finds a mysterious letter addressed to her. Opening it, she discovers a single piece of paper with two questions written on it: Who are you? And where does the world come from? Sophie is surprised and …showed first 75 words of 821 total…

…showed last 75 words of 821 total…own time were easily understood. The author has a wonderful flair for finding the heart of a concept and putting it on display. For example, he transforms Democritus' atoms into Lego bricks and in a stroke makes the classical conception of the atom easily accessible. He relates all the abstract concepts about the world and what is real with simple everyday things that everyone can relate to which makes this whole philosophy course much easier.