| Autres tabs | Soon, she starts receiving a series of typed lessons on the history of philosophy from a mysterious philosopher named Alberto Knox. Through these lessons, Sofía learns about major philosophers from the pre-Socratics (Thales, Heraclitus) to modern thinkers (Sartre, Freud).
Eventually, Sofía and Alberto realize they are not real people. They are characters in a novel being written by Major Albert Knag (Hilde’s father) as a philosophical textbook and birthday gift for his daughter. Their entire world — their thoughts, actions, and the philosophy lessons — is a fiction created by the Major. El mundo de Sofia
The book’s main metaphor is the The rabbit represents the universe/nature. Most people are born at the tip of the rabbit’s fine hairs (focused on mundane, sensory details). Philosophers, however, crawl down to the fur and try to climb up to the magician (the creator/ultimate reality). Sofía’s journey is a literal attempt to climb from the fur (her fictional world) to the magician (the Major). Soon, she starts receiving a series of typed