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 22: BERKELEY (PP234-237) |
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| P234 L13: behind this (T: bad weather) too L14(cont): He's not God Almighty (T: not all-powerful), is he? | ||||||||
| P235 L8: pointed out C: asserted L9: We cannot say an apple is green and sour C: We can and do - correctly L13: material substance T: physical 'substance' L14(cont): I remember that T: I still have the same good memory L14(cont): and I think Locke's division of things was important T: I also believe that L. pointed out an important distinction L19: Material (T: physical) world L21: (Berkeley) did so by the logic of (T: by maintaining a consistent) empiricism L22(cont): He said the only things that exist are those (T: all that exists is what) we perceive L24: To assume that what we perceive has its own underlying "substance" is jumping to conclusions C: A philosopher can (rather like a scientist) make a tentative assumption, work out its implications and come to a reasoned conclusion on whether to adopt it as a working hypothesis. This process is far from 'jumping to conclusions' L25(cont): We have absolutely no experience on which to base (T: no basis of experience for making) such a claim L29: matter T: substance L30: How did you feel it? T: What did you feel? L39: But if the table wasn't really hard (T: table itself wasn't hard), why did I feel it? T: what was it that made me feel that? L40(cont): B. believed in a "spirit" T: believed that it was a 'will' or 'spirit' C: Alberto answers Sophie's question | ||||||||
| P236 L2: soul T: mind L3: only another will or spirit can be the cause of the ideas that make up the "corporeal" world T: our material world C: Why bring in 'another spirit'? Bring in, rather, Occam‘s Razor! Berkeley couldn't produce his new programme without giving 'air time' to his Sponsor. The human mind is the cause/origin of the ideas that make up a person's material world L5: the cause of "everything in everything" T: of "all in all" L8: we can moreover claim T: can even assert L12: Yes and no T: Well L16: exist T: rest L16: He is the one (T: and only) cause L17: We exist only in the mind of God C: Sentence not in original text L19: The question is also who we are T: what we are L21: Does our world consist of real things or are we encircled (T: enclosed) by the mind? C: Both (inclusive-OR logic) L25: (Berkeley) was also questioning whether "time" and "space" had any absolute or independent existence C: No L26(cont): Our own perceptions of time and space can also be merely figments of the mind T: can be something which lies only in our mind(s) C: Our perceptions of time and space are mental/cultural constructs, varying from age to age and culture to culture L29: exists T: rests L34: everything in everything T: all in all L35: Sophie's eyes opened wide with incredulity T: Sophie sat dumbfounded, her face a big question mark L39: everything that has happened to us T: we have experienced | ||||||||
| P237 L4: my mind is going round and round .... like a giddy planet round a burning sun C: By Jove! L9: To be perfectly candid, yes (T: Yes, and devoid of modesty) He should be ashamed of himself L13: turns to T: is addressing L15: matter T: substance L16: that T: so L18: writing T: script L23: house shook C: Then sentence omitted: T: Alberto remained seated, with a faraway look L26: See you later T: See you again L28: And now the rain came down (T: But the rain was coming down) in torrents L36: squelching T: sodden L37: The sky was pierced (T: The town was lit up) again and again by angry darts (T: fierce flashes) of lightning L39: reached each other T: met L39: put her arm T: threw her arms L41: little one T: my child. | ||||||||