Sufi World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy

Author's name: Jostein Gaarder

One day, Sophie returns from school to find two questions in her mailbox: Who are you? And where did the world come from? This is the beginning of Sophie's adventure in the world of philosophy with a mysterious professor who doesn't want to reveal his identity. The mystery of this professor will be just one of many mysteries that will invade Sophie's world.

So why does Sophie keep receiving postcards addressed to another girl named Hilde? Who is this Hilde? And who is Sophie herself? Sophie attempts to solve these mysteries using her nascent knowledge of philosophy. But the truth she eventually discovers is stranger than she could have imagined.

In this exciting novel, we read a simplified presentation of the course of Western philosophy from the ancient Greek era to the present day.

The novel traces the path of this thought in relation to the historical context within which it developed. It presents, for example, the general features of Greek culture and the general features of Christian culture, and how they clashed and interacted. It also covers the Renaissance, Baroque, and Romantic periods, and the influences these different periods had on architecture, art, and music. It also presents the development of scientific theories that left their mark on the world of thought and philosophy, such as the scientific concepts of Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, and Darwin. It touches on the latest knowledge related to the origin of life and the creation of the universe. It also addresses modern concepts of the human psyche. The book, then, is a presentation of the history of Western civilization as a whole.