The Consolations of Philosophy

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 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.

Reviews

'Witty, thoughtful, entertaining ...a stylish book, which manages to make philosophy both enjoyable and relevant, at the same time providing a very sensible digest of consolations for many of our current psychological ills' - Anthony Clare

Author description

Alain de Botton was born in 1969. He is the author of three novels and the bestselling HOW PROUST CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9780140276619
• Publisher : Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint : Penguin Books Ltd
• Publication date : February 2001
• Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm X 12mm
• Produced in : United Kingdom
• Availability date : March 2001
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : Ill.
• Pages : 272
• Dewey classification : 101
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Alain de Botton