TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Botton,Alain
TI  - The consolations of philosophy
T2  - Vintage International Ser
SN  - 030783350X
AV  - BJ1595.5 .D43 2001eb
U1  - 101 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage International
KW  - Philosophical counseling
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Originally published: London : Hamish Hamilton, 2000; P.B; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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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