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The Consolations of Philosophy

Alain de Botton

Paperback | Pages: 265 pages

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Title	:	The Consolations of Philosophy
Author	:	Alain de Botton
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 265 pages
Published	:	April 3rd 2001 by Vintage (first published January 2000)
Categories	:	Philosophy. Nonfiction. Self Help

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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'.

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Original Title:	The Consolations of Philosophy
ISBN:	0679779175 (ISBN13: 9780679779179)
Edition Language:	English

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Philosophers show us how to handle life11 August 2013 I guess the question that has been raised a number of times is whether this book is a self-help book. I guess the problem with self-help books is that people don't like to be seen reading them because it creates the suggestion that maybe they have problems and that their life is not where they want it to be in a sense it is a neon sign that blares to the world 'I am weak and helpless'. This is probably why people don't like to admit that

Now, you may laugh, but I thought this was one of the best philosophy-related books I've ever read. I recognize that it's pretty basic, a little silly, etc., but for some reason it did it for me. It's short and sweet and it humanizes otherwise esoteric knowledge.After I blazed through this book one evening, I went on to read the actual writings of Epicurus, Nietzsche, and Montaigne. It was the spark I needed to get me reading philosophy again.I heartily recommend it. :-)

The book starts with Socrates and his death sentence, which is an interesting way to start a book on philosophy. It tells the life stories of some of the classic philosophers and in the beginning I found it quite interesting. It provided a backdrop for how some of their philosophical works could have evolved. Never liked all the pictures in the book. Some of the old paintings stay current, but with modern photos of two decades ago it makes the book feel dated. After a short while I got tired of

I loved it! good company : A practical simple extraction of consolations philosophy can give us for our every day life frustrations.go for it if seeking an applicable and digestible philosophy.

Concise, relevant, down to earth, pragmatic.The spin of the book is that philosophy can help you overcome obstacles in your life (unpopularity, poverty, frustration and a broken heart among others). It's a cute angle, but not to be taken too seriously.This book is a refresher, a booster injection to remind you of the contributions put forward by a handful of thinkers. A wholesome tidbit before tackling Sophie's World or similar.This shot contains: Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne,

This is a self-help book providing a very simplified, popularized version of the approach to the problems of human life as expressed by some major philosopher such as Socrates, Seneca, Epicurus, Montaigne, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche.I have mixed feelings about this book: while the author is undoubtedly quite good at providing a very readable, witty and fluent narrative, on the other hand it must be said that there can be a blurred boundary between oversimplified interpretations and unoriginal

I'm so in love with this book <3