The Consolations of Philosophy Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Alain de Botton
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
158

The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton Book Summary

From the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, a delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most painful everyday problems.

Perhaps only Alain de Botton could uncover practical wisdom in the writings of some of the greatest thinkers of all time. But uncover he does, and the result is an unexpected book of both solace and humor. Dividing his work into six sections -- each highlighting a different psychic ailment and the appropriate philosopher -- de Botton offers consolation for unpopularity from Socrates, for not having enough money from Epicurus, for frustration from Seneca, for inadequacy from Montaigne, and for a broken heart from Schopenhauer (the darkest of thinkers and yet, paradoxically, the most cheering). Consolation for envy -- and, of course, the final word on consolation -- comes from Nietzsche: "Not everything which makes us feel better is good for us."

This wonderfully engaging book will, however, make us feel better in a good way, with equal measures of wit and wisdom.

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Book Name The Consolations of Philosophy
Genre Philosophy
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Language English
E-Book Size 16.1 MB

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Summary of The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton

The The Consolations of Philosophy book written by Alain de Botton was published on 25 April 2000, Tuesday in the Philosophy category. A total of 158 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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