The Consolations of Philosophy

Alain de Botton (author)

One of the most influential voices in modern philosophy - the author of The Course of Love, Religion for Atheists, The Art of Travel and The School of Life. Alain de Botton presents a one-stop shop for solving the problems of everyday life through the wisdom of history's great philosophers. Single handedly, de Botton has taken philosophy back to its simplest and most important purpose: helping us live our lives' Independent. 'Few discussions on the great philosophers can have been so entertaining... An ingenious, imaginative book' The Sunday Times. 'Witty, thoughtful, entertaining... It manages to make philosophy both enjoyable and relevant' Anthony Clare, Literary Review. 'No doubt about it, philosophy is the new rock and roll and Alain de Botton is its Colonel Tom Parker... A pleasure to read. And good writing, like good philosophy, is always a consolation' John Banville, Irish Times. Alain de Botton has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Find out what Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche would say about the things that bother us all the most: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety, the fear of failure and the pressure to conform.

Alain de Botton is the author of Essays in Love (1993), The Romantic Movement (1994), Kiss and Tell (1995), How Proust can Change your Life (1997), The Consolations of Philosophy (2000) The Art of Travel (2002), Status Anxiety (2004) and most recently, The Architecture of Happiness (2006).

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin; 1st edition (1 Mar. 2001)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140276619
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.9 x 13 x 1.65 cm