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Consolations of Philosophy
Consolations of Philosophy
Author: de Botton, Alain
Edition/Copyright: 2000
ISBN: 0-679-77917-5
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Type: Paperback
Used Print:  $13.50
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�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

 
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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.

 

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