"SOPHIES WORLD" "Two o'clock, then." "I wonder what the birds think of us." " Birds can't think." " They go south every winter." "That's very intelligent." "That's instinct, Jorunn." "Only humans can think." "How cool to be a bird and soar and see us from above." "Do you know how big outer space is?" "Infinite." "It's infinite, Jorunn." "Nobody knows how big it is." "There's so much we'll never know." "Soon you can buy a disc and connect it to your brain and double your knowledge." "The brain is like a computer." "Birds and computers can't think." "Only people know that they exist." "Just think about it, a chip straight into your head." " See you." " I'll be over tonight." "Bring some candles." "Who are you?" "May the love reach you today" "That warms every beat of my heart" "Show me your soul through signs in the glass" "Take me away to a place of reason" "Show yourself, show yourself..." " You're moving the glass!" " Open up to the unknown." " You have to believe in magic." " And you have to believe in reality." "Turn the lights on." "Why is Jorgen wearing sunglasses indoors?" "Georg asked for you today." "He wants to go to the movies." "Look!" " Do you believe in..." " ghosts?" "Were you scared?" "Would like to go to the movies?" "Did you write that letter?" "The one that said, who are you?" " What are you talking about?" " Someone sent you a letter?" "Who?" "No, no, no..." "Sophie, I've found..." "Hi, Mother." "How did it go?" " I found the book at last." " Nice..." "What is it?" "The 1932 edition." "My first Latin thesaurus." "The one I inherited..." "Do you think birds can think?" "Perhaps..." "The boatswain's got a new tattoo." "What does it say...?" "His handwriting is so tiny." " What does it say?" " Terribly..." "It's terribly hot here." "Qarg is just a harbor in a sea of sand." "I miss you a lot." "I'll call you." "A big hug from Ivar." "Qarg..." "Qarg!" "That's where he is, Sophie." "Just think about it." "Father always writes to you, never to me." " He writes to us both." " But he signs the letters Ivar." "That's his name." "Who are you, exactly?" "I don't know..." "I'm me." "But who are you?" "Or for that matter, who am I?" "I'm your mother and you are Sophie." "I've got it!" "The song I've been looking for." "I dreamed Jacobsen tried to kill me for not writing my essay." " Was that for today?" " Forgotten your homework?" " What am I going to do?" " You're frightened." "Camilla, my disc." " I thought it was for tomorrow." " Relax, it's okay." "Syntax..." "It's all about correct syntax." "For once, let me read some essays that show that we've all been in this classroom together." "Georg!" "Was it you?" "Who are you?" "What are you talking about?" "No essay?" "Jacobsen will kill you." "Where were we...?" "In our galaxy!" "Where else...?" "Or, more precisely, in our solar system." "Once it was a mystery what the dark side of the moon looked like." "Discussing the matter wouldn't give you an answer." "It was left to your imagination." "There were several myths..." " Who are you, Jorunn?" " I'm me." "Who else would I be?" "Was that all the letter said?" "Didn't it say anything else?" " Who wrote it?" " I don't know." "Have you thought about it?" " About what?" " Who you are." "Will you be over for Mystery tonight?" "I thought you looked familiar!" "You could say hello to your father." "Yes, I'm on my way now." "I need the car." "Now...?" "I'm not through polishing it yet, dear." "Jorunn, dinner's in the microwave." "I have to keep the car..." "Tell your mother she'll get a 20% discount if she buys a bed this week." "Be careful with the clutch." "Where does the world come from?" "Who are you?" "Where does the world come from?" "Who are you?" "Where does the world...?" "Where's the iron?" "Mother, is it all right if Jorunn sees Mystery here tonight?" " Who are you?" " Your mother." "Britt Amundsen." " Where does the world come from?" " What kind of question is that?" "I just wondered." "It was probably created from an explosion of gas and rock." "Look it up in an encyclopedia." "Do you think he did it?" "Maybe..." "Who are you?" "I'm Sophie Amundsen." "You are me and I'm you." " Sophie, are you finished?" " Soon." "I'll be late." "Open up!" "I'll open up when I've found out where the world comes from." "You'll be fourteen in a couple of days." "Fifteen, mother." "Fifteen." "Don't forget to turn off the stove and remember your keys." " Who are you?" " The messenger." "See you." "Sophie!" " Did you see him?" " Who?" "Another letter?" "Hello...!" "Do you remember me?" "Jorunn, your neighbor." " He's written a letter to me." " Who?" "Who are you?" "The guy who wrote Who are you?" "Dear Sophie, what is most important in life?" "If we ask a starving person, he will answer 'food'." "Someone who is cold, will say 'warmth'." "Even if all needs are satisfied, man needs something more." "Philosophers say that we have a need to know who we are and why we exist." "The best approach to philosophy is to ask philosophical questions." "Who am I?" "Where does the world come from?" "You won't find the answers to these questions in 'Secrets of Spiritism'." "Sophie, come on." "In general, people don't pay attention to the philosophers." "They are too lazy." "They don't see that philosophers set out on a dangerous journey." "Willyou join me, Sophie?" "Yours sincerely, Alberto Knox." "Alberto Knox...?" "We have talked about syntax..." "Georg..." "Will read, What would that be in past tense?" "Come on!" "I must say that your essay was brief." "Don't you agree?" "Very brief or totally nonexistent." "Why are you here, Jorunn?" "Or maybe you're not here at all." "But with Sophie, it's a completely different matter." " Have you seen the light, Sophie?" " I haven't written an essay." " It's not..." " Bring your book." "May I have your attention, please." "Sophie Amundsen The Mythic Conception of the World." "The floor is yours." "Since the dawn of time mankind has created myths to explain the world." "There are mythical explanations to many philosophical questions." "Why the world is as it is and, not the least where the world comes from." "Before Christianity we thought that the God Thor traveled across the heavens in a cart drawn by a pair of goats." "And with his hammer he created thunder and lightning." "Thor was in many ways the Batman of the Viking Age." "The thunder often brought rain, which was vital for the farmers." "Thor is a mythical explanation for natural changes." "When there was a drought, people needed an explanation." "Could it be that trolls had stolen Thor's hammer...?" "In this way myths explained things people didn't understand." "Nice essay." " That was bad!" " I didn't write the essay." "Who wrote it then?" "Did you write it in your sleep?" "No!" "Have you heard about automatic writing?" "You write as if you are in a trance." "As if someone took hold of you." "Do you swear that you didn't write that essay?" "Strange..." "Dear Sophie, you won't find any answers here." "Alberto Knox." "No, no, no...!" "This car is from 1964." "You can't find that paint anymore!" " Hello, dear!" " Mrs Amundsen..." "Call me Britt, we are neighbors." "Have you taken a day off?" " How's your wife?" " She's sunbathing." "Nice shirt, by the way." "What have you got there?" " A secret letter?" " It's from a friend." "It's about time now that you'll be fourteen." " Fifteen, mother." " Fifteen..." "How would you like to celebrate your birthday?" "We could be in the garden and put lanterns in the trees." "And we can invite your friend." "Dear Hilde..." "Sophie...?" "Happy fifteenth birthday." "As you can see I would like to give you a gift that lasts." "Excuse me for sending this postcard to Sophie." "It was easier that way." "Best wishes, Dad." "Hilde Maller Knag...?" "That's right, Hilde Maller Knag." "I see." "Thanks anyway." "Knag..." "Knox." "Sophie!" "Can you hear me?" "Get rid of the dog!" "You know that I'm afraid of dogs!" "Hurry!" "You know I hate dogs!" " A dog...?" " Be careful." "It doesn't have a collar." "I'm convinced it's a filthy stray!" "Be careful." " It's gone now, Mother." " Are you sure?" " How did it get in here?" " I don't know." " It jumped out of the window." " From the second floor?" "Since I was a little girl..." "Have I told you about when I was attacked by a Labrador?" " What are you doing?" " Your hair looks nice." "You should always wear it like that." "It's the first compliment I've had since Ivar went away." "He's called Dad." "I thought that we should... talk a bit about boys." " Anything you want to know?" " No, I know everything." "The guy sending you cards, who is he?" " The phone's ringing." " It's the washing-machine." "What a smell!" "Are you making toast?" "False alarm for once." "Your friend, what's he like?" "I don't even know who I am." " You are Sophie Amundsen!" " And who is that?" "My name is Sophie and I'm nearly fifteen." "But I must be more than a body and a name." "Don't you ever wonder who you really are?" " Or where we're coming from?" " Of course I do." "The machine isn't done yet!" "Honestly, I never think about it." "I am who I am, and I come from Granny and Grandpa." " It can't be as simple as that." " Not everything is supernatural." "I have a lot to do tomorrow." "Let's go to bed early." " I think I'll go to bed right away." " Right away...?" "Don't you feel well?" " Isn't that your father's shirt?" " It so nice to wear." "And it smells a bit of him." "It's like he's here when I'm wearing it." " Good night, dear." " Good night, Mother." "Do you know what?" "This belonged to Granny's mother." "It's over a hundred years old." "Remember to turn off the stove." "Is the tape rolling?" "One, two..." "Sophie, welcome to Athens." "As you probably know by now, I'm Alberto Knox." "What are we saying?" "Kalimera Efharisto!" "We bringyou the sun!" "Just follow me." "We have just visited the virgin..." "See you at Ole-Johan's." "No, Sophie." "I think we'll do it my way instead." "See the temple?" "That's where the market was." "Acropolis." "Athens is not just the cradle of Europe." "It's also the cradle of philosophy!" "This very spot may be a spot where Socrates stood with his young disciple Plato." "Or, in the words of Plato..." "Just imagine!" "2,400 years ago they may have been here discussing where the world comes from." "Turn off the video." "Your mother's coming!" "Hello...?" "Sophie?" "So it was just you, Shere Khan?" "You gave me a scare." "That was close." "Sophie, travel with me..." "We'll travel in time!" "Athens, 399 BC." "The trial of Socrates." "Here they come, Socrates." "And the prosecutors." "People are entering the court where Meletus will read the accusation." "Let's go inside." "Socrates is accused of introducing new divinities and corrupting the young." "Now Socrates is going to defend himself." "For many years Socrates has been irritating people by asking a number of critical questions." "He has attracted many disciples and some people think it's gone too far." "Plato is standing over there!" "Plato will mean a lot to the history of philosophy." "He's no coward." "What a man!" " Alberto...?" " What do you want?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "Socrates would like people to think for themselves." "If they think about the consequences of their statements they'll have to judge themselves." "He's so smart, so brave!" "Now he's excusing himself for not being eloquent." "He will talk simply and directly, as he does in the market." "People have slandered Socrates for many years and he's more afraid of the gossip than all the trials in the world." "This classic Greek!" "I'm not getting it all." "Socrates says," "I went to a man people considered wise." "And I thought to myself, I'm even wiser than him." "Neither of us knows more than the other, but he thinks he does even though he doesn't." "I don't know more than him, and I'm aware of the fact." "Therefore, I'm somewhat wiser than him." "Do you follow?" "The jury will now decide the fate of Socrates..." "Possibly the greatest thinker of all times." "Sophie, this is terrible!" "They want to sentence him to death." "Just because he wanted to help people think correctly." "Now he says that he deserves to be entertained by the state... with a dinner in his honor at the City Hall." "To kill me would do greater harm to Athens than it would to me." "Alberto Knox... in ancient Athens." "Right now, I'm standing outside Socrates' prison cell." "Hang on..." "Socrates says that Plato must carry on the tradition." "They can kill Socrates but they can't kill off all critical thought." "It's better to suffer wrongly, than act wrongly." "He who acts wrongly, does damage to himself." "He shows that his soul lacks clarity." "The cup of poison!" "Socrates must drain the cup." "The greatest thinker of all times..." "It's not hard to escape death." "Every soldier knows that." "You just run away." "It's much harder to escape wickedness." "It runs faster than we do." "No...!" "Alberto Knox in ancient Athens." "Socrates has now been dead for a couple of years and we meet Plato." "The heir of Socrates." "Do you see the shadow?" "Plato said that all things in nature are mere shadows of the eternal ideas." "But a lot of people are content with false shadows." "They're like cave people." "They see the shadows on the wall but don't ask themselves what created the shadows." "They don't dare leave the cave to discover the sun, or the truth." "That is Plato's famous simile of the cave." "Sophie...?" "Sophie Amundsen, confidential." "Mother, no!" "What's this?" "On this sailing trip you can spend four days in Athens." "And you need four days in the cradle of Europe." "You need to se it all." "Do you find this exciting?" "Here on Acropolis it's hot and it's cheap." " What does it mean?" " We must see the false shadows." " False shadows...?" " Yes, on TV." "We have to find insight." "Insight...?" "Last night the tape was completely different from this morning." "It was about Socrates and Plato..." "And what about the syntax, Sophie?" "The syntax?" "Good." "Dear Sophie, do you want to know more?" "As your philosophy teacher, I ask you to hand a sugar cube in a pink envelope to my messenger." "He will be at your gate in the morning." "Yours sincerely, Alberto Knox." " Hi, Johnsen!" " Christmas cards in the summer?" "Hi, Sophie!" "Not at all like Gudbrandsdalen, Roses from Vestlandet." "Hi, Sophie!" "Where's my daughter today?" "She's has to take care of herself." " Why is she so wild?" " Maybe she's trying to find herself." "The meaning of life." "Looking for something in particular?" "You're going to write love letters!" "You've got a flat tire." " Are you writing love letters?" " Not to you, anyway." "There was no flat tire." "Have you got any more books on rose painting?" "Vibeke, have we got any more books on rose painting?" "Tough essay..." "Myths and stuff." " What are you doing?" " I'm studying philosophy." "Hello...?" "Is anybody here?" "Plato." "Immanuel Kant." "Hilde Maller Knag." "Hilde Maller Knag...?" " Where have you been?" " In the woods." " With your friend?" " No." "I couldn't sleep, so I went for a walk in the woods, and got lost." " I found a cabin by the lake." " It's been abandoned for years." "I saw a girl in the cottage." "In a mirror." "She looked like me." "I put my hand through the mirror!" "I know what it's like at your age." "There was a girl in the mirror, and the mirror was electrified." "You've got the same hairline as Aunt Astrid." "When I was your age, I thought people could read my mind." "So I tried not to think about anything in particular." " Are you like that?" " Yes." "You take after me." " Maybe a bit after Ivar, too." " Dad!" "Dad Amundsen." "Have I told you about when Ivar and I were in France?" "We met a little man in a street corner who talked and talked." "I tried to figure out what language he spoke, and thought it was Latin." " I tried to listen to him..." " I'll take a nap." " Have I told you this before?" " Yes." "Dear Sophie, are you interested in art?" " Art...?" " Art and philosophy are linked." "Take a trip to 8 Syrinvejen." "You have nothing to fear." "There's a reason for everything." "Yours sincerely, Alberto Knox." "Sophie, that mysterious dog is here again." " Where are you going?" " Out." "I'm going to look at art." "Art...?" "But I thought that we could do something together." "I hope Ivar will be home soon." "Ayoung girl is visiting a sculptor." "The sculptor is leaning over a large block of marble." "What are you looking for, asks the girl." "Just wait and see, says the sculptor." "A few weeks later the girl is back and the sculptor has formed a human body out of the marble." "How did you know that it was hidden in there?" "There was a Greek philosopher by the name of Aristotle." "He was a student at the Academy of Plato's." "Alberto...?" "Hello...?" "Do you remember Plato?" "The man with the shadows." "The simile of the cave." "Exactly." "And just like sculpture inside the marble" "Aristotle meant that all things in nature have the potential to assume a certain form." "Aristotle divided the world into different substances" "Dead things... and living things..." "Why do you hide?" "plants, animals and human beings..." "Different substances..." "Think about the flowers." "First they're buds, and then they wither." "Animals can feel hunger and thirst, but only man can..." " Philosophize...?" " That's right!" "Think, reflect on things..." "That's what makes you human, Sophie." "You philosophize." " How can you see that?" " I see what the stone contains." "The stone contains a beautiful woman and her name is..." "Sophie." "Did you see her in the stone?" "Did you see me in the stone?" " Can anybody see things that way?" " Yes, if they want to." "The artist dedicates his life to that which is not yet real but that dwells inside the matter." " And the philosopher?" " He's the artist's brother." " Or sister." " Yes." "Alberto...?" "Where are you?" "Okay, Shere Khan." "Aristotelian order." "The stone on the table is the simplest form." "Then we have the plant, then you, and on top we have me." "Jorunn called and asked if you felt like coming over." "You do remember Jorunn...?" "And I'm your mother." "And what do you contain...?" "The world's smallest sculpture?" "You know Aristotle..." "He meant that all things in nature have a potential possibility to assume a certain form." "Sorry, but I don't know Latin." "The difference between a stone, a plant, an animal, and man is..." "Just a moment, Liss." " Have you seen the hairdryer?" " Ask Johnsen." "Jorgen called." "You're supposed to meet him at a quarter past." "I'm back..." "Have you decided to meet them without asking me?" "I've said it five times, Sophie." "You're nuts." "Take an unforgettable journey, a journey in time and space." "Alberto!" "Are you tired of everyday stress?" "Follow me on a journey through the history of philosophy." "Yes, you heard correctly." "Through the history of philosophy." "Aworld full of surprises, exciting thoughts and ideas." "Order today." "Our number is 90 00..." "Quick, hand me a pen!" "See you." "Excuse me..." " Excuse me." " Where are you going?" " Alberto?" " Hi, Sophie!" " How did you like the artist?" " It was you!" " How do you do it?" " Do what?" "Everything." "The tape from Athens, the essay, the mirror...?" "You've got to be patient." "You'll understand it, eventually." "It works." " Is the dog yours?" " Well..." "In a way." "It spies on me." "Let's say that it keeps an eye on you." "After Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, a new era in history starts." " Where are you?" " Don't think about that now." "Where were we...?" "The Greek language and culture came to dominate the world for 600 years, the Hellenistic Age." "Just a sec." "Hang on." "Come here..." "Sophie, have you heard about the Cynics?" " The Cynics...?" " Watch the film." "Hello...?" "Alberto?" "Keep quiet!" "You can't be standing there laughing." "Sophie...?" "Where are you going?" "Hi, Mother!" " How was the film?" " It was informative, different." " What was it about?" " Two funny cynics." " Do you find cynics funny?" " Yeah, they don't need much." "A staff, a shirt, a barrel..." "They don't need any money." " They're satisfied with sunshine." " Philosophy again?" "Evolveris, that's Latin and it means, you're evolving." "Paragraph 67 A, comparative..." "Mother...?" "What are you going to do with all that Latin?" "What I'm going to do with it...?" "I'm going to..." "This is Alberto Knox' answering machine." "If you want to speak to the philosopher, press 1." "If you want to leave a message, press 2 and speak after the tune..." "Marianne, I've got to have it tomorrow." "Why were you laughing?" "Yesterday, at the cinema." "You were thrown out." "What were you laughing at?" "The movie." "No one else laughed, it was a tragic film." "He died in the war." " And what about the pen?" " It was for a phone number." "To Alfredo...?" "Do you know where he lives?" "She never cleans up her mess!" " Have you been at his place?" " I can show it to you." "Do you dare?" " Are you scared?" " Why should I be scared?" "It's pretty gloomy." "In what way?" " Sophie, let's turn back." " Are you worried?" " You've got such wide eyes!" " What...?" "Sophie, can't we...?" "Hello...?" "Nobody's here." "Come on." " Does he live here?" " It's a magic mirror." " Mirror, mirror on the wall..." " Don't play games, Jorunn!" "There's someone on the other side!" " Postcards!" " Don't touch them!" "Hilde Maller Knag, c/o Alberto Knox." " Isn't he the one that...?" " Hilde Maller Knag!" "Dear Hilde, I'm looking forward to coming home to Lillesand." "I'll arrive at Kjevik Midsummer Eve." "We can celebrate your birthday, even if it's a bit late." "Love, Dad." "One day you'll meet a girl by the name of Sophie." "And like you she'll get the wings of thought." "He's writing about you, Sophie!" "There is someone in the mirror." " What did you say?" " There is someone in the mirror." "Jorunn...?" " Jorunn!" " Yes, what do you want?" " I'll take it!" " Don't touch it!" " It's Sophie." " It's me, I got your message." "The time has come." "We are going to meet." "We have to start working together." " That's all I can say right now." " What's wrong with the mirror?" "He's driving me nuts." " What do you mean?" "Who?" " I can't tell you." "I won't come, if you don't tell me." "The Major..." "I think the philosophers will open our eyes." "Meet me at the church at four o'clock in the morning, alone." "Alberto...?" "God morning." "I'm out." "Have breakfast without me." "Did you like it?" "One of my best tricks." "Now it's time for the Middle Ages!" "This church was built a little later, but that doesn't matter." "Isn't it fantastic?" "Do the Middle Ages start at four o'clock?" "Assume that Christ was born at midnight." "One o'clock is 100 AD." "Two o'clock... are you listening?" " Two o'clock is 200 AD." " Three o'clock is 300 AD." "And so on..." "So the Middle Ages started 400 AD?" "And lasted for a thousand years." "But just before four o'clock the Roman Empire was split in two." " And a few minutes later..." " Who's the Major?" "At a quarter to five..." "Who is he?" " Let's say I've got an assignment." " From the Major." "Do you know her?" "We were born on the same date and we look like each other." " You've got to be patient." " How could she be in the mirror?" " The mirror...?" "At the cabin?" " Yes." "I could put my hand straight through the mirror." "I didn't know that." "Beware of that mirror." "Salve." "At eight o'clock the long schoolday begins." "Scusa me, frater." "Sophie, knowledge is power." "At first, only the monasteries are allowed to have schools." "At ten, the first cathedral school opens, and at twelve o'clock we have the university." "Nice meeting you, Sophie." "Now that's something to celebrate!" "Chateau de Ciecle, what a wine!" " How is it possible?" " Imagination, Sophie!" " I don't have much imagination." " Maybe it's not you." "The Major...?" "Not an unusual sight..." "In the Middle Ages, one child out of three dies before it's a year old." "But many make it and become important men." "Am I the first woman who is interested in philosophy?" "No, you're not!" "Hildegard von Bingen, 1098 to 1 179." "Hildegard grew up at a monastery, and from early on..." "Could we have some peace here?" " Who are you talking to?" " The Major." "Do you know what Sophie means?" "It means wisdom." "My job is to make you wise." "Do you think it's possible?" "Has Hildegard anything to do with Hilde?" "From an early age Hildegard felt that God talked to her." "After a while she was considered one of God's chosen people." "Popes and emperors consulted her." "And she was one of the greatest composers of Gregorian music." "She saw music and art as an expression of the divine." "The divine?" "Man's way of asking forgiveness for his sins." "In the 1 3th century, there was a man called Thomas Aquinas." "He held that God showed himself both in the Bible and in Reason." "But what about the essay and the mirror?" " The belltolls." " And Hilde...?" " There is no Hilde!" " But I saw her in the mirror!" "You've got to trust me." "Do you?" "Alberto!" "About 150 years later the plague strikes Europe." "The Black Death!" "Alberto!" "The first one was Sigurd." "The little boy who was so nice and sweet." "The very image of his father." "He too died." "And then Magnus, the strong boy." "No faith, and no hope." "Just the eyes that broke your heart in half." "He is no more." "The Black Death..." "You too are going to die, Sophie." "We're all going to die!" "Let me give you a kiss..." "Sophie...?" " Where were you?" " In the Middle Ages." "In the Middle Ages...?" "Does anyone know when the Middle Ages occurred?" "Jorgen, at what point in time did they occur?" " Jorunn?" " The Middle Ages...?" "When were they?" "Georg, then?" "About the same time as the Viking Era." "Four hundred to fourteen." " What was that?" " 400 to 1400 AD." "You don't say." " Who lived in the Middle Ages?" " Thomas Aquinas... and Hildegard von Bingen." "Hildegard von Bingen." "Gosh...!" " What did she do?" " Music." "She was chosen by God and gave the Pope advice." " What's that got to do with music?" " She composed Gregorian music." "She felt that man's divine quality showed itself in music." "And in all art." "Indeed..." "Let's see..." "Divine...?" "Have you called the fire department?" "Why do things always go wrong?" "We'll have to eat something light." " Where do you think he is now?" " On the seven seas." " How's your friend, Albert?" " Yesterday we went to a lecture." "A lecture...?" "So you went to a lecture...?" "What was it about?" " Sophie...?" " It was about the Middle Ages." "And that knowledge is power." "I would like to meet Albert." "He seems very interesting." "Dad called." " Where did he call from?" " The boat." "He was disappointed you weren't at home." "He's so nice, the main character." "Don't you think so, Sophie?" "Yes..." "Turn off the stove, the light..." "Aren't you going to bed?" "Do you miss Dad?" "Me, too." "About your birthday." "We could have a party on Midsummer Eve." "We could have a garden party, and you can invite your friend." "Mother, do you know what Sophie means?" "Sophie means..." "No." "It means wisdom." " Bona nochtem." " Bona nochtem, my dear." "H.M.K..." "Hilde Maller Knag!" "Hilde...?" "Hilde...?" "Where are you?" "SOPHIES WORLD" "Episode 3" "Good morning, Sophie." "I can't seem to do anything right!" "The toast was perfect, too!" " Don't worry, I'm not hungry." " The eggs were Just right!" " Would you like a backrub?" " Please." "I really wanted to give you a nice surprise, dear." "Guess what?" "That awful dog was here again." "It barked like it wanted to warn me somehow..." "Hey, don't stop..." "Do you know who owns it?" "Sophie, do you know who owns that dog?" " Tell me about the dog." " I'm taking it home." "H.M.K.?" "Who could that be?" "Dear Hilde, Sophie Just reached the philosophy teacher's house." "I'm sorry to hear you lost your gold cross." "You need to take better care of your belongings." "Love from Dad, who is always close by." "Hi." "Nice dog..." "Hello?" "Welcome to my humble home." "I hate this." "Did you hear that?" "Eating scraps, running around on four legs, not getting to talk" "Just the occasional lump of sugar..." "And the wine is sour, too!" "Did you know that Chateau de Ciecle is one of the rarest vintages around?" "Of course it went bad, it's been kept uncorked." "Hi there, by the way." "Sophie, there's no need to be afraid." "You'll be safe while you're taking the course in philosophy." "Well, you never know what the major will do..." "He's our creator." " He's the author." " The author?" "He writes our story." "Let's take one thing at a time." "Do you know what this is?" " It's a compass." " Oh, so you knew that already." "The compass was essential to the age known as the Renaissance." "The compass enabled explorers to find new continents." "During the Renaissance, philosophers contributed to science." "The word renaissance means being reborn." " What was born again?" " The ideals of ancient Greece." "Suddenly people were allowed to be curious about things." "They were allowed to think." "What's going on?" "This must be the Renaissance according to the major." "According to the major?" " Do you know that man?" " No." "The course of European history... is similar to that of human life." "The ancient past is like childhood." "The Middle Ages are like the endless days at school." "The Renaissance is like one's 15th birthday where Europe throws itself into the fray." "It's a time of experimentation and dealing with life's vital issues." " Has the major arranged this?" " Yes." " The Renaissance..." " The Renaissance." "Stop!" "Stop, thief!" "Stop him!" "Stop him!" " Have you heard of Shakespeare?" " He wrote plays." "Is that him?" "They're rehearsing Hamlet." "William Shakespeare..." "He wrote Hamlet, Romeo  Juliet, Macbeth, Twelfth Night..." "There he is!" "Stop, thief!" " Where'd he go?" " Who?" "The thief who took my wallet." " He's Polish." " Do you speak Polish, too?" "No, but..." "This is Nicolaus Copernicus." "He claims that the Earth orbits the Sun." " Doesn't it?" " Prior to the Renaissance..." "Earth was considered the hub of the universe." "The clergy has decreed that this belief shall continue." "The church is never wrong." "They're worried that the new ideas will change people's view of God." " But it's the truth." " The church forbids these teachings." "It will take 300 years before Copernicus' theories are accepted." " 300 years?" "We have to warn him." " That can't be done." "The past has already been written." "There he is." "Leonardo da Vinci." "Art, science... he did it all." "He was an architect, a mathematician and an engineer." " There's something about her smile." " Her name is..." "Mona Lisa." "He's Michelangelo, da Vinci's greatest competitor." "How does he know when to stop chiseling?" "I stop when I reach..." "the skin itself." "It's you, Sophie." "Johannes Gutenberg..." "Just discovered the printing process." "It's Gutenberg, Sophie." "Before Gutenberg, all books were written by hand." "He invented types, metal letters that can be arranged." "The printing process helped spread ideas, people began to read more." "And the church no longer had a monopoly on knowledge." " Francis Bacon once said..." " that knowledge is power." "You said that 250 years ago." "Why take my wallet?" "My money isn't valid for another 400 years." "Look, one of the first banks in history." "Banca Popolare... the People's Bank." "If you'd made a deposit there, you would have earned a lot of interest." " Who are you?" " Dolores Carmencita ponce Leon." "Sophie, this is..." "Carmencita." "Alberto?" "Hello..." "Coca-Cola." "Coca-Cola!" " I guess I'll go for tea, instead." " Tea..." "Vasco da Gama's grandson is unloading his ship." "Go take a look, it's exciting." "The first shipment of tea from India has Just reached Europe." "Carmencita, I was thinking that we..." "Hi." " Are you a visitor from afar?" " That's right." " I'm Giovanni." " Georg?" "And you are...?" " Where have you been?" " Giovanni and I..." "We have to go, Spinotti is filling the hole in the wall." " The Renaissance was a great age." " It was strange..." "Isn't this yours?" "You lost it, didn't you?" " Thank you, Dad." " You called me 'Dad', Hilde." " Am I Hilde?" " Or could it be that..." "Hilde is you?" "Does that mean that we don't exist?" "We're not real?" "Answer me, Alberto!" "There's a difference between imagination and reality, you know." "I met Shakespeare, Gutenberg, Copernicus and Michelangelo." "Hi, Giovanni." "Well..." "That is what our curriculum includes, at any rate..." "Sophie, where do all your ideas come from?" " She studies philosophy." " I see..." "Knowledge is power." "Georg..." " Francis Bacon." " Who said that?" "Francis Bacon." "He's a nice guy." " Georg, of course!" " He's kind of cute." " Are you inviting him to your party?" " Yes." " And your folks too." " Kurt and Tullen Johnsen, why?" "So Mother and Alberto won't be the only old folks." "Jorunn..." "Do you think we exist?" "Hello?" " How old is Alberto?" " 50." "Oh my gosh, I thought you had found yourself a boyfriend." " 50 years old?" " I told you he's Just a friend." "We don't really exist." "You know that, don't you?" "I guess we're Just characters in a story, or something like that." "You can still invite Alberto to your party." " What's wrong, honey?" " What if it's true?" "What if we don't exist?" "What if we are Just characters in a story?" "Scentio ergo sum..." "Do you know what that means?" "I feel, therefore I am." "Scentio, ergo sum?" "You know what?" "Hilde wears glasses." "Right..." "There's the phone, maybe it's Ivar." "Hilde Maller Knag..." " How's the philosophy stuff going?" " I'm not sure." "Hi, Knag!" "Writing again?" "Sevaldsen and I are off to shoot pool." " Want to Join us?" " No, not right now, Berg." "Let's go, Sevaldsen." "Who am I?" "Do we exist?" "Yes... or no." "It depends." "Do you ever feel scared?" " Answer me, Alberto!" "Do you?" " Once upon a time..." "There was this Russian brain surgeon..." "He and a Russian astronaut were discussing religion..." "Yes, I can feel scared." "Anyway, this brain surgeon..." "The surgeon was a Christian unlike the astronaut, who said, I've been in space many times but I've never laid eyes on God or an angel." "And the brain surgeon replied," "I've operated on the brains of many a wise person but I've yet to see a thought." "Descartes lived in the 1 7th century." "He said something about thoughts..." "Where could it be?" "Here it is, Anatomische's Atlas." "Descartes said Cogito ergo sum." "Cogito ergo sum." "I think, therefore I am." " How did you know that?" " It's Latin." " Do I have a soul?" " Let's check the book." "Let's have a look under s..." " Where is the soul located?" " Here, I guess..." "Or possibly here." "Descartes held that a distinct borderline existed... between mind and matter, or body and soul, if you prefer." " Please take an apple." " Thank you." "Quickly, toss it to me!" " Did your body or soul throw it?" " I did..." "This issue weighed heavily on Descartes' mind." "He felt there must be a connection between body and soul." "Something that influenced mechanical processes." " Did he figure it out?" " Descartes emphasized reason." "He felt people should question everything." " He didn't doubt that he existed." " But you do." " But if I can think, then I exist." " Exactly!" "Descartes..." "No, come here." "He held that body and soul function independently of each other." "The body is like hardware, while the soul is software." "But a computer does not have a soul." "Go on!" " What's your name?" " Who is Hilde Maller Knag?" "Lillesand." "She's the exact same age" "Sophie Amundsen, 3 Kloverveien." "Who is Hilde's father?" "No..." " Who is Hilde's father?" " Hi, Sophie." " My name is major Albert Knag." " It's the major!" " The major!" " He's talking to us." "The author..." "How much time do we have?" "You know the answer..." "Until the story ends." "Until the story ends." "As long as he continues to write about us, we're alive." "Until the story ends." "George Berkeley an Irish Anglican bishop... who lived from 1685 to 1753." "He was here, Sophie." "Did he mean that the table isn't real?" "That we aren't real?" "The world is the way you perceive it." "Things exist only if they can be sensed or perceived." " The power of the Lord?" " Berkeley was a bishop." "He and Thomas Aquinas felt that philosophy and faith are intertwined." "Our perception of time and place is something that only exists in our minds." " A week for us..." " May be different to the major." " Is the major a kind of God?" " Sort of..." " Who is Hilde?" " She's an angel." "She's the one God turns to, and the major is God." " But then again, maybe he isn't..." " What?" "Descartes claimed that mankind has a perception of a perfect being and no humans are perfect." "Then the concept of God must come from some other source." "Since the major isn't perfect... he must, in turn, be ruled by a higher power." "The major is not God." "Hello, Knag." "Taking some time off from your writing, I see." "Say, Berg..." "Could you mail this for me?" " Hilde Maller Knag." " That's my daughter." "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you..." " 15..." "I can hardly believe it." " Do you have doubts about it?" "Doubts?" "Of course not..." "Not at all." "Some philosophers question everything, you see." " 15 years, imagine that!" " Tempus fugit." "Yes, time does fly." "You remembered something in Latin." " Why did you quit?" " What could I use it for?" " You found the gift, I see." " Sophie's World..." "He's writing a book Just for me." "I don't see anything." "Do you know why we exist?" "We're a birthday present from the major to his daughter." "Happy Birthday!" " That's why we need to run away." " Sophie!" "The major controls what we say and do." "It's no use." " How much is left of the book?" " How far along were we?" "Berkeley... who believed that the mind was superior to matter." "You have to go on, Alberto." "We have to trick the major." "No, no, no..." "It won't work." "As long as you go on, we exist." "A couple of decades after the death of Berkeley the French Revolution took place in 1 789." "The common people revolted against the king and the upper classes." "They fought for freedom from oppression." "Is this the French Revolution?" "Some people had privileges that others paid for." "People were treated differently according to their station in life." "It was a class society, not like the equality we know at home." " How did it work?" " The church was supreme." "The nobles were on the next tier, and they had great privileges." "Who was that?" "Do you know him?" "They paid no taxes, while commoners had very few rights." "They fought to end their oppression and rid society of privileges." "Kings would not be absolute rulers." " What does that mean?" " Freedom, equality and brotherhood." " That's not philosophy." " Everything is philosophy." "The fruits of the earth belong to everyone but Earth belongs to no one." " Who said that?" " Rousseau." "He believed that man had certain natural rights." " Human rights..." " Yes, and the people felt the same." "The course of history was changed, all because of an idea." " Is that Rousseau?" " No, Robespierre." "Leader of the revolution and admirer of Rousseau." " Philosophers were misrepresented." " What's going on?" "Instead of democratic methods, violence and terror were employed." "Robespierre put so-called enemies of the people to death." " Who were these enemies?" " See that woman over there?" "That's Olympe de Gouges." "She criticized the use ofviolence." " Is that why they are going to...?" " Many people were executed." "They were said to pose a threat to the revolution." "What a fate!" "1 791 Olympe de Gouges wrote a declaration of the rights of women explaining that power belongs to the people." "But that the people are made up of men and women." "She was the first woman to publicly demand equality of the sexes." "She felt that if women had the right to be guillotined they should also have the right to speak in public." "She never made those speeches." "major Knag..." "Your telephone has been repaired." "Wisnes, Sevaldsen and I are going to shoot pool." " Would you like to Join us?" " No, thanks." "I'm kind of busy." "You're busy?" "Yeah, I can see that." " Have any kids, Berg?" " No, I'm a carefree bachelor." " What are you writing about, Boss?" " The French Revolution." " And the reason why we're here." " Right..." "I see..." "Join us!" "The whole gang will be there." "major...?" "I'll get it!" "Hello, Hilde here." "Hello...?" " You said Hilde..." " I did?" " A slip of the tongue, I guess." " Where have you been?" "Oh, no!" "June, 1945..." "And on October 24th the United Nations was launched." "The principle of Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood will bring nations together through the efforts of the UN." "The French Revolution was dominated by strong men..." " And women!" " What was that?" " And women." " Well, Sophie..." "The French Revolution was mainly a male affair." " Olympe de Gouges." " Olympe de...?" "Olympe de Gouges." " She was beheaded." " Would you like to take over?" " In 1 791." " 1 791?" "I'm the head of the History Department..." "If that is of any interest to you all." "I'm the teacher here." "You're 15..." "He's telling you to shut up, Sophie." "You're not supposed to know more than the teacher." " Who gave you the floor, Jorunn?" " The freedom of expression..." "Wasn't that a key theme of the French Revolution?" " I think you should let her finish!" " You do, do you, Georg?" "Sit down." "I'm starting to get... a bit upset... about the way you insist on interfering in class." " Please!" " Olympe de Gouges." "She wrote a declaration of the rights of women in 1 791." "Leading to women being banned from politics." "Goodbye." "I've gotten to the French Revolution." "Poor Olympe de Gouges!" "Beheaded over a declaration of women's rights." "Actually, it was more because she criticized Robespierre." "And she defended Louis XVI, which wasn't a smart move." " Shouldn't you say what you mean?" " Yes." "But at times it's better to be silent and stay alive." "Remember Socrates." "Dad..." "I feel sorry for Sophie, she's so confused." "Honey, she's only..." "You know..." "I'm sorry, I have to go now." " Take care." " Take care, sweetie pie." "He won't let us go as long as the book isn't finished." " We'll have to distract him." " How?" "We'll..." " Come on, it'll work!" " No, Sophie..." " Come on, Just do it!" " It's cold!" "I'm telling you..." "I won't do it!" "It's ridiculous!" "Where do you...?" "It worked, Alberto!" "That's Italian for 'hello'." " Come on in." " Jacobsen is on sick leave." "Why are you wearing red glasses?" " Who is that red lady?" " Hi, Tullen." " She looks familiar." " I'm busy, can I call you later?" "You see things like usual, only everything's red." "The glasses change your perception of reality." "You see your surroundings." "But the glasses affect your perception, the world isn't red." " Is that philosophy?" " Immanuel Kant." " Cool..." "Philosophy is cool." " That's right." "Kant said that you can only be sure of your own perception of things." "There's a difference between an object and one's perception of it." "So, I'll never know what color Mom really is." "We'll never know the true nature of any object." " Not even without glasses?" " No." "That's cool..." "You've got a visitor..." "It's Georg." "I wonder what he wants?" "Hi there..." " I wanted to give you this." " Thank you." " Philosophy For Beginners." " Thank you, Giovanni." " Why do you call me Giovanni?" " You remind me of this guy." "From the Renaissance..." "He was Vasco da Gama's grandson, and had traveled to the Far East." "He told me this Joke." "The two of you could be twins." "A Chinese man named Chuang dreamed he was a butterfly." "The butterfly had never heard of Chuang, and was happy with his life." "Later, Chuang didn't know if he had dreamed of being a butterfly..." "Or if he was a butterfly dreaming about being Chuang." " Where did you hear that Joke?" " I don't know, I Just knew it." " Would you like to come in?" " Yes." "I mean..." "Maybe some other time." " I have to go." "See you around!" " Yeah, see you." "Bye!" "God is dead." "At least according to Friedrich Nietzche." "We have nothing to hold on to in our complicated society." "Nietzche felt we should reassess allvalues..." "So the strong would not be held back by the weak." " We're weak, we don't even exist." " We have no choice in the matter." "Rubbish, everyone has a choice!" "Each individual must make their own choices in life." "Such is the stuff of our existence." "The choice is yours, Sophie." "It's up to you." " There you go." "Who was that?" " Soren Kierkegaard, a Dane." "Two o'clock, then." " Where are we?" " In Germany." "Listen..." "A song from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni." " It's the age of Romanticism." " Romanticism?" "It was an age occupied with nature and the artist as a genius." "Mozart wrote an entire symphony while still a child." "Sophie, it's Goethe!" "A writer..." "He was the finest poet in Europe after Shakespeare." " Where is he headed?" " To his room, to write." "The Sorrows of Young Werther." "It will affect an entire generation." " People even committed suicide." " From reading a book?" "Are books that powerful?" "Thesis, antithesis and synthesis." "That's Hegel." "Our thoughts are dialectic." "Our thoughts are triggered by previous thoughts, do you follow?" "These thoughts are in opposition, thus causing tension." "Like when I suggested running away and you said we couldn't." " Is that what you mean?" " Sort of." "But the third thought combines the best aspects of the two." "Let's get to that third thought." "Sure..." "Georg?" "The third thought..." "We can use a subordinate character..." "We can use a subordinate character to trick the major." "And I know which one." "Shadow figures..." "Cave dwellers..." "Come in." "Don't you want to watch TV?" "Aren't you coming?" "The show's already started." "I'd rather read instead." "I thought we were going to watch it together." " But they're so tiresome." " What do you mean?" "TV shows, Mom." "You always know ahead of time what's going to happen." "It's Just a shadow play." "A shadow play?" " A shadow play?" " Yeah, the simile of the cave." " You look a bit tired." " Yes, I do feel tired..." " I think I'll lie down." " That sounds like a good idea." "You can come talk to me later." "No one... ever knows..." "Dear Hilde, I'm looking forward to seeing you." "I'll bring the final chapter of the book with me." "The final chapter?" "It's almost done." "Love, Dad" "I hope to arrive early on Midsummer Eve..." "Midsummer Eve!" "Is anyone there?" "Hello?" " Where are you from?" "I'm Mischa." " My name's Sophie." " Are you from Georgia?" " I'm from Siberia, comrade." " What made you think of Georgia?" " You forgot 'comrade'." " You remind me of a friend." " From Georgia, comrade?" " You keep saying 'comrade'." " Because all people are equal." " Why a revolution?" " Because people are starving." "The upper classes own everything." "The people are oppressed." "Lenin says, Bread to the people, land to the farmers peace to the country, and power to the Soviets." " You're so brave!" " No." "I'm scared, but if we do nothing, we'll die." "Hegel's theory of dialectic is a cornerstone of Marxism." "Are you Joking?" "I have to go, Sophie." "There you are!" "I fell asleep on the couch." " Where have you been?" " In the attic..." "What did you do there?" "I took part in the Russian Revolution." "So, you took a trip to Russia?" "You're dirty..." "Why, it's gunpowder!" "What do you have there?" "The Communist Manifesto..." "I wish Ivar would hurry up and come home." " Have a nice trip, major." " Thanks, Berg." "Take it easy now." "So, my dear friend Alberto, we have to act now." "The major is bringing the last chapter tomorrow." "We can pull it off if I can find the key and persuade Georg." "All you have to do is make a speech." "Promise me you won't let me down." "My name is Freud, Sigmund Freud." "The couch..." "The couch!" "Ach, mein Gott..." "Please lie down on the couch." "Let's talk about your childhood." "I would like to hear about your feelings." "Go on, lie down." "I've had very mixed feelings lately." "Have you heard of hypnosis?" "Are you comfortable?" " Have you heard of psychoanalysis?" " No..." "Psychoanalysis..." "Psychoanalysis is a method I've developed to treat people with troubled minds." " But I'm not troubled." " That may be the case." "But psychoanalysis is also a way to describe the human mind..." " of ordinary people." " I'm not ordinary." "That's why I'm the right person to help you." " Are you going to hypnotize me?" " Everything you've experienced... is stored in your subconscious." " You are not an ordinary girl." " If you only knew..." " Then you have a problem, right?" " Right." "I do." "And time is running out, I'm running away from a story." "That's difficult, you'll have to leave when the author isn't looking." " You need to delve into his..." " Unconscious mind." " Distract him." " Of course..." "Freud." "See you at the party." " Cheers!" "What a lovely party." " Happy Birthday, Sophie." " Happy Birthday." " Thank you, comrade." " Here, I picked them at the cabin." " They're beautiful!" "Dear friends, welcome to Sophie's 15th birthday party." "You're such a big girl now." "I remember when Ivar and I met..." " Tempus fugit." " Right..." "Tempus fugit." "We're throwing a philosophical garden party today since Sophie is fascinated by the great thinkers." "And that's why I'd like to welcome Antonio..." " Alberto." " Sorry about that." "He's a friend of Sophie's, and he's also a philosopher." " My pleasure, Mrs Amundsen." " Please, call me Britt." " I'm Tullen." " She and I are..." "As a way of thanking you for letting me borrow your daughter" "I'd like to make a brief speech." "Sophie and I..." " Oh, hello there, fair Jorunn." " She's our..." " And this must be Jorgen." " How did you know my name?" "Alberto knows everything." "This is Georg." "Ciao, Giovanni." "Georg..." "Sorry." "Lately, Sophie and I have... undertaken an in-depth study of philosophy." "Dating from Ancient Greece to modern times." "We discovered that we are the figments of a certain major's subconscious mind of a certain major's imagination." "His name is Albert Knag." "And he tells our story in a book he's writing for his daughter." "Her 15th birthday is also on the 15th." "So the book is a birthday present for his daughter Hilde." " Take the Johnsen's car." " We are merely entertainment." " Are you nuts?" " It's a matter of life or death." "We aren't real." "We do not exist." " Not real?" "I'm over 40." " We do not exist!" "We're nothing but a framework for philosophical studies." "But that doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves." "Eat, drink and be merry!" "Thank you for listening." " Tullen!" " After him, you moron!" " It's now or never!" " We've reached the last page..." "It might be dangerous." "No, it's dangerous!" " No, Sophie!" " Come on, Alberto!" "Look!" "The sequence is reversed..." "We've seen it all before, only the sequence was reversed." "Come on!" "Where are we?" "Hilde?" "Have you seen the white tablecloth?" "It's downstairs, on the ironing board." "I'll be right down..." "This is it..." "This is the room I saw through the mirror." "Hilde's room." "BJerkely..." "We're at BJerkely." "Where could it be?" "Hilde..." "Existentialism?" "The key word for Kierkegaard's philosophy is 'existence'." "Only it doesn't mean 'being', since plants and animals are alive, too." "Jean-Paul Sartre, another existentialist claimed that man is the only being that is conscious of its existence." "He held that physical objects are in themselves while man is for himself." " Interesting, isn't it?" " Who said that?" "The phone's ringing." "Is it impossible for us to connect?" "The word 'impossible' doesn't belong in a philosopher's vocabulary." "Mother, Dad's here!" "Albert!" " I hardly recognized you." " You're quite a storyteller." "And you're quite a woman." "Daddy's home, everything's back to normal." "Isn't that my husband?" "He's Just an ordinary man." "I thought he'd be godlike." "Well, he had enough imagination to create us." " Where are you going?" " I have to find out how it ends." "We're nothing but a framework for philosophical studies." "But that doesn't mean that we can't enjoy ourselves." "Eat, drink and be merry." "Thank you for listening." "The end." "The end...?" "But it can't Just end like that!" " Nothing about Georg and the car..." " So, we escaped." "Amazing..." " Is there life out there?" " No one knows for sure." "The universe is so immense it's measured in light-years." "Each light-year is nearly ten trillion kilometers." "Ten trillion kilometers!" "Ten billion kilometers!" "Once, some 15 billion years ago the heat ofthe universe was concentrated to one small area." "And this led to an explosion." "Atoms appeared and formed molecules." "And suns were formed, which in turn... became planets, like the one we're on right now." "That was the Big Bang." " It must have been tremendous!" " Definitely sizable..." "It feels like someone's here." "Maybe it's Sophie and Alberto, what do you think?" " I sense something." " Impressive!" "Why don't you come on in?" "It's very late." "All right..." "What actually exploded all those years ago?" "Where did it come from?" " That's the big question." " Sophie was asked the same thing." "But Socrates said that the question was more important than the answer." "And her world was created by me." "All the characters we've met, their stories have been written." " Yes, they have eternal life." " Right, and so have we." "I wonder what happens if we go back?" " Hush!" "Hear that?" " What?" "Music..." "It's coming from above." "We're here..." " How does it feel to be back?" " Great." "But I was thinking about Hilde and her dad." "We're going to outlive them." "They're only humans, after all." "While we..." "We are ideas, Alberto." "Eternal forms." " We'll live forever." " Ideas..." "Plato!" "You've become a real philosopher." "Some matches, Sophie?"