The Consolations of Philosophy: Popular Penguins
Author: Botton, Alain de
ISBN: 9780141038377
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2008
Pages: 276
Dimensions: 179mm x 111mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history - Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche - he addresses lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety and conformity. De Botton's book led one critic to call philosophy 'the new rock and roll'.
ISBN: 9780141038377
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2008
Pages: 276
Dimensions: 179mm x 111mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history - Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche - he addresses lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety and conformity. De Botton's book led one critic to call philosophy 'the new rock and roll'.
