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The Consolations of Philosophy / Status Anxiety
- GenresPhilosophyNonfiction
584 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Alain de Botton
166 books15.5k followersAlain de Botton is a writer and television producer who lives in London and aims to make philosophy relevant to everyday life. He can be contacted by email directly via www.alaindebotton.com
He is a writer of essayistic books, which refer both to his own experiences and ideas- and those of artists, philosophers and thinkers. It's a style of writing that has been termed a 'philosophy of everyday life.'
His first book, Essays in Love [titled On Love in the US], minutely analysed the process of falling in and out of love. The style of the book was unusual, because it mixed elements of a novel together with reflections and analyses normally found in a piece of non-fiction. It's a book of which many readers are still fondest.
Bibliography:
* Essays In Love (1993)
* The Romantic Movement (1994)
* Kiss and Tell (1995)
* How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997)
* The Consolations of Philosophy (2000)
* The Art of Travel (2002)
* Status Anxiety (2004)
* The Architecture of Happiness (2006)
* The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (2009)
He is a writer of essayistic books, which refer both to his own experiences and ideas- and those of artists, philosophers and thinkers. It's a style of writing that has been termed a 'philosophy of everyday life.'
His first book, Essays in Love [titled On Love in the US], minutely analysed the process of falling in and out of love. The style of the book was unusual, because it mixed elements of a novel together with reflections and analyses normally found in a piece of non-fiction. It's a book of which many readers are still fondest.
Bibliography:
* Essays In Love (1993)
* The Romantic Movement (1994)
* Kiss and Tell (1995)
* How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997)
* The Consolations of Philosophy (2000)
* The Art of Travel (2002)
* Status Anxiety (2004)
* The Architecture of Happiness (2006)
* The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (2009)
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October 15, 2018
Read Status Anxiety (but not yet The Consolations of Philosophy).
May 5, 2018
This is a very good book. The aim of this book is to help us to live happier and do not let our problems to steal our happiness and our moments of life. it helped me a lot and now I feel much more relaxed and I feel my life is much more easy going. every one has his own difficulties in his life, but philosophy helps us to enjoy our life despite of our problems. this book is very easy to understand as other books of it's author. I highly recommend every one to read it.
March 16, 2020
Almost every subject one can think of to discuss under the sun, Botton sheds light on with the legions of philosophers from the past to his aid. What is beautiful about it is decidedly its striking relevance to the contemporary realities and predicaments of the modern individual. He is a teacher which appears in the easy manner with which he jumps from one thought to the next to presents interesting conclusions and does not appear to speak for one school or approach. Thoroughly enjoyed this as a second read from the same author.
July 16, 2017
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보통형님 역시 보통은 아니셔요.
보통형님 역시 보통은 아니셔요.
March 30, 2023
a smooth book to meditate
August 2, 2023
Superb read. Moved me to read more of stoic philosophy.
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