Joséphine
Written on Mar 12, 2019
Fast forward to today, I've visited and revisited many of these ideas in high school, junior college and university classes in much greater detail. Going back to Sophie's World filled me fondness. Reading about Sophie as well as philosophers ranging from Aristotle to Socrates, to Locke, Descartes Nietzsche, and co. felt like visiting old friends. However, I've come to recognise that philosophy cannot be viewed only from the Western lens, and it's there where Sophie's World falls short.
As for the story surrounding the history of philosophy? I'd nearly forgotten that this one's a story-within-a-story, which aptly explores questions of how do we know what we know? Do we really exist or are we merely figments of someone's imagination, and even so, does it really matter?