Sophie’s World: History of Philosophy (part 1)

I’ve recently started reading this book, and it’s been a great summer read for me. It is about a 14 years old girl who starts receiving letters from a mysterious person that is explaining philosophical concepts and trying to capture the beauty of philosophy.

The book is full of ideas and in this post, I will post a brief overview of the topics and the thoughts that came to me as I was reading it. (Mainly writing them down for my future self, even though I might have different thoughts if I re-read the book at a later time 🙂)

Reading strategy, for each chapter:

  1. Skim through it
  2. Read it and, as reading, take notes and add them to blog posts like this
  3. Iterate on the notes one more time using the study guide linked in every chapter
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