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Sophie's World

Book cover of Sophie's World
Sophie's WorldJostein Gaarder

Characters in Sophie's World

23 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Sophie Amundsen

    A curious fourteen-year-old Norwegian girl who becomes the student in an anonymous course on the history of philosophy.

Supporting characters

  • Alberto Knox

    The mysterious philosopher who tutors Sophie, guiding her from ancient Greece to the modern era.

  • Charles Darwin

  • Cecilia Skotbu

  • Malaikat Ariel

  • Plato

  • Aristotle (philosopher)

  • Thomas Aquinas

  • René Descartes

  • George Berkeley

  • John Locke

  • David Hume

  • St. Augustine

  • Baruch Spinoza

  • Sofie Amundsen

  • Jorunn

  • Jesus

  • Immanuel Kant

  • Socrates (philosopher)

  • Sigmund Freud

  • Karl Marx

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