SOPHIE'S WORLD
(Sofies verden), by Jostein Gaarder (JG), translated from Norwegian into American by Paulette Møller (PM)Guestbook | Guestmap | Discussion forum | Inspired by...
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| CH = chapter, P = page, L = line, C = comment, N = Norwegian, T = (alternative) translation, usually closer to the original text, TTR = Two-Tier Reality (metaphysical system bridging East and West) |
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CHAPTER 14: TWO CULTURES (PP125-137) |
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| P125 L1: thought T: assumed L4: worry T: wonder L4: A lot can happen T: A lot of water will run into the sea L6: recycled (T: ruminated over) the ideas of earlier (T: the ancient Greek) philosophers L8: religious prophets T: the founders of a religion L8: Plato as the savior of humanity C: Rather the opposite L11: outside the Greco-Roman area C: Wasn't Pontius Pilate a Roman? L16: Jews ... Semitic culture. Greeks and Romans ... Indo-European culture C: More accurately, Hebrew is a Semitic language, while Latin and Greek are Indo-European languages L19: Christianity influenced (T: gradually permeated) Greco-Roman culture | ||||||||
| P126 L1: Iranian T: Persian L2: primitive T: original L3: bordering on T: around L4: waves of these Indo-European tribes began to wander T: these ... tribes began to move in great waves L13: Related languages often lead to (T: usher in) related ideas L15: influenced most of all by T: marked, above all, by L19: celestial god Dyaus C: Sanskrit explanation added by PM L21: Jupiter C: The biggest planet C: or Jove L21(cont): actually iov-pater or 'Father Heaven' T: Father Iov/Jove L30: In Viking times T: In the (old) North L34: 'desire' T: or 'lust' L35: There is also a clear affinity to be observed in some of the Indo-European myths T: Furthermore, certain myths show a clear affinity over the whole Indo-European area L37: are similar to T: resemble L37: handed down from T: being told L40: traces of T: story lines with | ||||||||
| P127 L4: Indo-Europeans have ... tried to 'predict' how the battles between Good and Evil will turn out T: how it will go with the world L7: One could say with some truth T: could well say L11: history (T: development) of the world LL16-18: For us ... bright idea C: Added by PM L24: establish T: state L30: cyclic view ... history goes in circles T: cycles L32: there are different civilisations T: there is much reference to different 'worlds' L40: we find (in) Hinduism and Buddhism an emphasis on the fact (T: stressing) that the deity (T: divine) is present in all things | ||||||||
| P128 L6: civilisation T: world L16: far from their (T: original) home L18: its (T: geographical) roots L25: When we get to T: Regarding L33: idea T: belief | ||||||||
| P129 L11: significant T: important L13: common (T: historical) background L14: The city comprises C: contains T: Here lie L16: a bone of contention T: an apple of discord L18: ascendancy T: control L19: a holy shrine T: a religious meeting-place L28: interesting T: striking L37: for the Semites ... They were not supposed T: It was not lawful L38: the 'deity' T: the holy L41: photography and (T: picture-forming) art | ||||||||
| P130 L2: Probably T: doubtless L3: Christendom T: Christianity L4: Orthodox Church ... in Greece and in Russia C: and in Serbia L8: distance T: gulf L9: purpose T: aim L17: Then mankind (C: Mankind? Adam and Eve) began to rebel (T: rebelled) against God L20: through the Bible T: like a red thread L25: the children (T: descendants) of Abraham L35: cultural glory T: greatness L38: kings were looked upon as a go-between T: regarded as a middle-man | ||||||||
| P131 L6: no better T: little better L11: continued to live T: remained L14: God had promised to hold Israel in his hand T: hold his protective hand over Israel L18: began to come T: came L19: wrath over (T: punishment of) Israel L30: children of Israel T: Israelites L31: their situation deteriorated T: things went badly for them L36: The key words are 'Messiah', 'Son of 'God', (T: 'Salvation') and 'Kingdom of God'. | ||||||||
| P132 L2: deliverer T: liberator L3: Roman domination T: rule L9: longing for T: hope of L10: all over T: throughout L29: among the scribes C: Then controversial (?) sentence omitted L36: erred T: transgressed L38: warlike T: military | ||||||||
| P133 L5: the politically subversive T: the people's political enemies L6: a good-for-nothing T: rascal L8: when T: if only L14: pointed out T: stressed L17: no man is righteous in the eyes of God C: An apparent contradiction with L8: (he) is righteous before God L30: mighty powers (T: states) can come apart at the seams T: fall to pieces L39: bore T: took upon himself L40: wrath T: punishment | ||||||||
| P134 L3: no ordinary man T: something more than just a man L4(cont): He truly was T: showed himself to be really L8: your faith T: our L30: wanders T: walks L31: of the philosophic capital T: philosophy's capital L40: Even from T: Already, with | ||||||||
| P135 L4: too superstitious T: very religious L5: passed by T: went about L18: offspring T: people L21: God winked at T: has God borne L31: search for God is natural to all men T: lies buried in all men L34: no longer T: not just | ||||||||
| P136 L1: about the resurrection T: about Jesus having been resurrected L5: Women were among the most fervent converts T: Many women were converted L19: the dietary laws T: the laws of Moses L26: vitally necessary T: important L26: step T: come L34: misfortunes T: circumstances/conditions L36: not a 'demigod' ... half man, half god T: half human, half divine | ||||||||
| P137 L4: we are witnessing T: we see L12: end up in such a sad state T: be one of those L14: It is the only way to avoid floating in a vacuum C: ?! L27: C: Paragraph omitted - Sophie goes back to her room. | ||||||||