CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY

ISBN: 9780140276619
Title: CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY
Author: DE BOTTON ALAIN
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

The Consolations of Philosophy is Alain de Botton's internationally bestselling guide to life.

Alain de Botton, bestselling 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 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.

\"Singlehandedly, de Botton has taken philosophy back to its simplest and most important purpose: helping us live our lives\". (\"Independent\").

\"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\").

Imprint: Penguin Books
RRP: $27.99