sábado, 8 de octubre de 2011

Descartes:

The Baroque:
"The dog's name is Hermes"(Gaarder 215)
its so interesting to see how in the entire book they make a philosophical connection to everything and everyone no matter what. Since the name Hermes is actually someone important and relevant. This is one of the main reasons why i think this book is so not interesting, it just seems as if we were reading a textbook.

"She was doing better in some subjects since she started on the philosophy course"(Gaarder 217)
well i dont know what this quote is trying to explain to me but it seems as though it were telling me that i should learn or take a course in philosophy to become a better person even in my grades. I hate this book and i hate philosophy so this just made me think that this may be the reason why i have such bad grades in every single class.

domingo, 2 de octubre de 2011

"Precisely, for example it was thought that fossils were imprints of animals that had failed to get into the ark"(Gaarder 405)
Its incredible to think how our world has developed so much and too see how much we have advanced in every subject of our lives especially knowledge its incredible to see how this quote says that at first they thought that and now we know completely the truth, i find this incredibly entertaining.

"You cannot distinguish a human embryo from a rabbit embryo until a very late stage"(Gaarder 407)
this is something that i have always felt is so strnange and it makes me really question where we come from and i really thinks its the same as what they say after if we are distinct relatives. Its really surprising to actually know how we are just like other mammals in the world

Marx

"It was asthough she was getting inspiration from some guiding spirit" (Gaarder 383)
Its so weird to see how there is always such a touch of magic thrown in everything from the book and its also very weird becuase i know that there is like a spirit or Hildes father that is hhelping her through all of this. I still wont ever understand how this could trully ever happen but it really makes thebook interesting.

"You know a way out of the mental captivity that we have lived in for too much."(Gaarder 384)
Once again it freaks me out this mental captivity or extra weird force that their is over Sophie. It really scares me the way that their is so much power over this girl and i really dont like it at all. But i still never understand who is the person behind all this power on sophie. Its all really confusing to me

Kierkegaard

"My name is Alice"(Gaarder 370)
So i have a strange idea or concept or i dont really know if i trully understand the hidden message behind this little girl with a blue dress. I dont understand whether she has to look like ALice in Wonderland or if shes the legit Alice in Wonderland. I had no idea of the connection but yet is so interesting to see her part in the story.

"This juice tasted fresher and sharper than the other. Again everything around her changed suddenly"(Gaarder 371)
This book just keeps getting weirder by the second I hvae no idea what this juice is but its probably some alchoholic beverage or some drug . But its so weird to see her reaction towards this juice obviously there a purpose for the drink but im really scared for Sophie, i feel as though someone was going to rape her after drinking that.

Hegel

"She had asked her to rebel against her father"(Gaarder 356)
This is really something to think about it really makes me scared about everything that could happen since her father is so powerfull. I must say that i was expecting sophie to say somehting to her like that since ive noticed that Sophie is really careless and she has absolutely no fears whatsoever.

"The attempt to set up eternal criteria for what man can know about the world"(Gaarder 358)
Ive actually noticed that this is true whatever this quote says is really true becuase ive noticed that overall throughout the entire philosophical class that we have been given in this book. The main idea and purpose was to see what people can know about the world and they just question everything their is to it. I find it quite interesting.

romanticism

"That makes us only shadows of shadows"(Gaarder 354)
this quote really caught my mind because i find it so hard to believe that they could actually be only shadows of shadows. Its really weird i dont really even understand what this means and i have no idea why they even say it but it really caught my eye.

"Were you dreaming"(Gaarder 352)
This book is so weird and hard to grasp that this quote really defines the confusion that they try to make. By saying were you dreaming it just makes me second guess everything and i cant take it seriously everything, this book is to confusing.