The Consolations of Philosophy
The Consolations of Philosophy Alain de Botton's (henceforth, 'Alain') opus minimus has achieved three remarkable things. The book, as everyone by now must know (after the TV series, which evidently…
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The Consolations of Philosophy
Alain de Botton's (henceforth, 'Alain') opus minimus has achieved three remarkable things. The book, as everyone by now must know (after the TV series, which evidently precedes and creates the book), is a series of vignettes - 'episodes' - in which Alain ponders how a select few, fairly ancient, philosophers, might address a few key personal problems. It has made philosophy popular, it has made philosophy fashionable, and, most remarkable of all, it is not completely awful.
Not on the face of it, a particularly clever idea. Being unpopular, being poor, being unloved, and so on. But then, no on
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