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Philosophie's of Sophies World. Philosophies of Sophie's World Sophie's World Berkeley
Signature Edition/March 1996 The Garden of Eden-pg 2 Sophie is introduced ...
... In the book Sophies Choice, the narrator uses the ... There are many different philosophies
or schools of thought. ... accepted to pertain to works after World War II. ...
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Philosophies of Sophie's World
Sophie's World
Berkeley Signature Edition/March 1996
The Garden of Eden-pg 2
Sophie is introduced to two questions she has not really thought about, but is very important questions to philosophers. She realizes that these questions are really important but most people take these questions for granted. When we are little children, we are easily amazed by many things that older people see as bland since they are used to it. Philosophers are like children that never grew up because these things still amazes them.
Myths-pg 23
Before people had actual solutions to natural phenomena, they make up stories that try to explain this. One very common story is that the world was created by God. The philosophers in Greece were one of the first to question these stories while also looking for more reasonable answers. Philosophical questions are not easily answered by mere stories, but by carefully studying them.
Natural Philosophers-pg 31
Parmenides said that the world doesn't change; it is just that our senses tell us that it has changed. Since our senses can trick us, we must only trust our reason. Heraclites' idea was the complete opposite, he said that our senses are what tells us everything about the world and that the world is changing. Empedocles' came up with the idea of four basic substances that can settle the debate over reason over senses.
Democritus-pg 44
Philosophy applies to everything that we do in our lives. Scientists today still depend on the philosophies of the ancient Greeks. Science is really similar to philosophies since they both try to explain things relating to the world.
Fate-pg 50
The ancient Greeks believed in fate. Fate is where your life is predetermined. Philosophers that questioned fate were historians Herodotus and Thucydides and a doctor named Hippocrates. They tried to come up with...
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