�Thank heavens for Alain de Botton�. [He] breezily, humorously, incisively�puts his readers at ease, without
a hint of condescension.�
--Seattle Times/Post Intelligencer
Random House Inc. Web Site, April, 2001
Summary
From the internationally heralded author of How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this remarkable new book that
presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day to day struggles.
Solace for the broken heart can be found in the words of Schopenhauer. The ancient Greek Epicurus has the wisest,
and most affordable, solution to cash flow problems. A remedy for impotence lies in Montaigne. Seneca offers advice
upon losing a job. And Nietzsche has shrewd counsel for everything from loneliness to illness. The Consolations
of Philosophy is a book as accessibly erudite as it is useful and entertaining.