title: Sophie's World : The Greek Philosophers
author:  Jostein Gaarder 
description: 518 pages, complete and unabridged version, trans by P. Moller. FSG Classic.
zlib_text: Jostein Gaarder was born in Oslo in 1952. He is the author of the
  international phenomenon, Sophie’s World, which has been translated into 55
  languages and sold over 30 million copies worldwide.
  
   _ **Sophie’s World**_
  
  A Novel about the History of Philosophy
  
  Jostein Gaarder
  
   _Translated by Paulette Møller_
  
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   _ **Contents**_
  
  [Cover](kindle:embed:0002?mime=image/jpg)
  
  Title
  
  About the Author
  
  Acknowledgements  
    
  
   _The Garden of Eden_
  
   _. . . at some point something must have come from nothing . . ._
  
   _The Top Hat_
  
   _. . . the only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of
  wonder . . ._
  
   _The Myths_
  
   _. . . a precarious balance between the forces of good and evil . . ._
  
   _The Natural Philosophers_
  
   _. . . nothing can come from nothing . . ._
  
   _Democritus_
  
   _. . . the most ingenious toy in the world . . ._
  
   _Fate_
  
   _. . . the ‘fortune-teller’ is trying to foresee something that is really
  quite unforeseeable . . ._
  
   _Socrates_