Consolations of philosophy

By:

De Botton, Alain

Publication details: Penguin Books, 2000. London:Description: 265p.: ill.; pbk: 20cmISBN:

9780140276619

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

101 DEB

Summary: 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. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/24602/the-consolations-of-philosophy-by-alain-de-botton/9780140276619

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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.

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