The Consolations of Philosophy
Author: Botton, Alain de
ISBN: 9780140276619
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Mar 2001
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
Alain de Botton, best-selling author of How Proust can Change Your Life, has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche . . .
Plt;bPgt;A much-loved volume of classic Alain de Botton wisdom: a book of philosophy that helps us to livePlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt; Alain de Botton has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietsche on some of the things that bother us all: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety, the fear of failure and the pressure to conform.Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt; Plt;bPgt;Alain de BottonPlt;/bPgt;P#39;s bestselling books include Plt;iPgt;The NewsPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;Religion for AtheistsPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;How Proust Can Change Your LifePlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;The Art of TravelPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;The Pleasures and Sorrows of WorkPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;The Architecture of HappinessPlt;/iPgt;. He lives in London and founded The School of Life (www.theschooloflife.com) and Living Architecture (www.living-architecture.co.uk). For more information, consult www.alaindebotton.com.
ISBN: 9780140276619
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Mar 2001
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
Alain de Botton, best-selling author of How Proust can Change Your Life, has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche . . .
Plt;bPgt;A much-loved volume of classic Alain de Botton wisdom: a book of philosophy that helps us to livePlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt; Alain de Botton has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietsche on some of the things that bother us all: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety, the fear of failure and the pressure to conform.Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt; Plt;bPgt;Alain de BottonPlt;/bPgt;P#39;s bestselling books include Plt;iPgt;The NewsPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;Religion for AtheistsPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;How Proust Can Change Your LifePlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;The Art of TravelPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;The Pleasures and Sorrows of WorkPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;The Architecture of HappinessPlt;/iPgt;. He lives in London and founded The School of Life (www.theschooloflife.com) and Living Architecture (www.living-architecture.co.uk). For more information, consult www.alaindebotton.com.
