蘇菲的世界

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《蘇菲的世界》（挪威語：Sofies verden）是一本喬斯坦·賈德的小說，於1995年出版，原著以挪威語寫成。本書多以蘇菲和一位神秘人名叫艾伯特（Alberto Knox）的對話錄，它一本以深出淺方式簡介哲學的懸疑小說。

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1990年，蘇菲（Sophie Amudsen） 是一位十五歲的挪威女孩，她與她的媽媽和一群寵物一起住。而她的父親是一位油輪的船長經常離開家幾年，他的角色不在本書出現。

故事開始時蘇菲有一個平凡的生活, 直至有一天她在郵相中收到兩封不明來歷的信(你是誰? 世界從何來?)，與此同時她收到明信片上面的收件人是‘請蘇菲轉交給席德’。一會過後她又收到一封有關哲學課程的文件。

蘇菲她與艾伯特以這樣匿名的方式溝通並成為艾伯特一位十五歲哲學學生。開始時他以匿名人出現（這是為什麼她的爸爸不在故事中出現那麼他便可以發問和回答女兒，而她的媽媽也不知道的），但一般情況是他親自放入的。而這些課程講義和袋都是由他放入的，明信片的回郵地址是一位人士名叫艾伯特，他是一位在黎巴嫩的挪威聯合國部隊。

艾伯特教授她哲學史。他用淺顯易懂的筆觸帶著蘇菲回顧從先蘇期的希臘直到尚-保羅·沙特時代的哲學發展. This phrasing later proves to be an integral part of the plot itself, as Sophia and Alberto try and outwit the mysterious Albert Knag, who appears to have the powers of God—something Alberto bitterly resents.

The philosophy itself is creatively and simply presented. Sophie learns about medieval philosophy while being lectured by Alberto, dressed as a monk, in an ancient church, and she learns about Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir in a French café. Various philosophical questions and methods of reasoning are put before Sophie, as she attempts to work them out on her own. Many of Knox's philosophic packets to her are preluded by more short questions (such as "Why is Lego the most ingenious toy in the world?"), which she is given time to puzzle over (it is arguably not possible to actually solve a philosophical question) before the next packet arrives. Each packet of papers has a topic, which will often be related to the preluding notes.

Alberto takes Sophie from Hellenism (perhaps the most famous philosophical period, the age of the natural philosophers), to the rise of Christianity and its interaction with Greek thought and on into the Middle Ages. Over the course of the book, he covers the Renaissance, Baroque, Enlightenment and Romantic periods, and the philosophies that stemmed from them.

Mixed in with the philosophy lessons is a plot rather more akin to normal teenage novels, in which Sophie interacts with her mother and her friends. This is not the focus of the story, however; it simply serves to move the plot along. As the invasive man who acts as God continues to meddle with Sophie's life, Alberto helps her fight back by teaching her everything he knows about philosophy. This, he explains, is the only way to beat the sham-god.

The book is laced with events which are technically impossible (such as Sophie seeing herself wink with both eyes, or actually seeing Socrates and Plato). Being a book based on philosophy, however, it promises—and delivers—an explanation for everything in the end, when Sophie and Alberto Knox escape from Albert Knag.