The Consolations of Philosophy

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780140276619 Author(s): Alain de Botton Format: Paperback Year: 2001 Edition: 1st Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Pages: 272

Description: 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 . . .A much-loved volume of classic Alain de Botton wisdom- a book of philosophy that helps us to liveAlain 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.Alain de Botton's bestselling books include The News, Religion for Atheists, How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Art of Travel, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work and The Architecture of Happiness. He lives in London and founded The School of Life and Living Architecture (http://www.living-architecture.co.uk). For more information, consult

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