Monday, July 27, 2009
The Myths
...A precarious balance between the forces of good and evil...
This chapter reveals how people tried to explain natural phenomena through myths and stories, before philosophers came around with their "reason" and such. The main myth told is that of Thor, and how the Norse believed all of these things about him and his hammer, and fighting the giants, and how it caused rain and crops to grow and the like. Then Jostein segwayed into how the Greek Philosophers came into play with their first stage of natural philosophy.
This chapter reveals how people tried to explain natural phenomena through myths and stories, before philosophers came around with their "reason" and such. The main myth told is that of Thor, and how the Norse believed all of these things about him and his hammer, and fighting the giants, and how it caused rain and crops to grow and the like. Then Jostein segwayed into how the Greek Philosophers came into play with their first stage of natural philosophy.
Friday, July 24, 2009
The Top Hat
...The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder...
In this chapter, Sophie recieves her first official philosophy course booklet. It speaks of what philosophy is; breaks it down to some questions like "Is there life after death?" "How was the world created?". It explains at how Philosophy isn't a petty hobby, but an intricate, challenging experience to take on. The main analogy used is that we are a rabbit pulled out of a top hat, the rabbit being earth, and how we are born on the tips of the fur exposed to everything, amazed at everything around us; then when we age, we grow closer to the skin of the rabbit, where it's warm, comfortable, easy to bear, everything is farmiliar. As we become more engrossed with philosophy, we climb higher up the rabbit's fur again, realizing everything as new and amazing. The last section of this chapter is about how the world is so incredible. Out of the infinite possibilites of what the earth could be - it is what it currently is now. It speaks of how people have grown into how everything is "normal" when it is really so, so, so, extraordinary.
In this chapter, Sophie recieves her first official philosophy course booklet. It speaks of what philosophy is; breaks it down to some questions like "Is there life after death?" "How was the world created?". It explains at how Philosophy isn't a petty hobby, but an intricate, challenging experience to take on. The main analogy used is that we are a rabbit pulled out of a top hat, the rabbit being earth, and how we are born on the tips of the fur exposed to everything, amazed at everything around us; then when we age, we grow closer to the skin of the rabbit, where it's warm, comfortable, easy to bear, everything is farmiliar. As we become more engrossed with philosophy, we climb higher up the rabbit's fur again, realizing everything as new and amazing. The last section of this chapter is about how the world is so incredible. Out of the infinite possibilites of what the earth could be - it is what it currently is now. It speaks of how people have grown into how everything is "normal" when it is really so, so, so, extraordinary.
The Garden of Eden
...At some point something must have come from nothing...
In this chapter, the debate of "something from nothing" and "always existing" occurs. Who Sophie is, is brought up in this chapter, and a bit about her life. It all begins when she opens her mailbox, and there's a letter asking "Who are you?". Then another asking "Where did the world come from?". Then she argues with herself about the topic a little, and the chapter ends.
In this chapter, the debate of "something from nothing" and "always existing" occurs. Who Sophie is, is brought up in this chapter, and a bit about her life. It all begins when she opens her mailbox, and there's a letter asking "Who are you?". Then another asking "Where did the world come from?". Then she argues with herself about the topic a little, and the chapter ends.
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