Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy

Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
ISBN-10
0374266425
ISBN-13
9780374266424
Series
Sophie's World
Category
Fiction
Pages
403
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Jostein Gaarder

Description

Finding two thought-inducing philosophical questions in her mailbox, Sophie enrolls in a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher, and begins receiving some equally strange letters. 25,000 first printing.

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