The Consolations of Philosophy \ Alain de Botton

By:

de Botton, Alain

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Vintage 2000 Edition: 1Description: 264 pContent type:

texto

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no mediado

Carrier type:

volumen

ISBN:

0679779175

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DDC classification:

101 D287

Contents:

1. Unpopularity 2. Not Having Enough Money 3. Frustration 4. Inadequacy 5. A Broken Heart 6. Difficulties

Abstract: In Ancient Greece or Rome, philosophers were seen as natural authorities on the most pressing questions. However, since then, the idea of finding wisdom from philosophy has come to seem bizarre. Enter a university department today and ask to study wisdom, and you will politely but firmly be shown the door. The Consolations of Philosophy sets out to refute the notion that good philosophy must be irrelevant and gathers together six great philosophers who were convinced of the power of philosophical insight to work a practical effect on our lives.consolations-of-philosophySocrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche are read for the light their work can shine on certain great universal problems, among them, unpopularity, poverty, inadequacy, lovelessness and timidity. The book amounts to a guide to wisdom – as well as to the practical utility of philosophy.

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1. Unpopularity 2. Not Having Enough Money 3. Frustration 4. Inadequacy 5. A Broken Heart 6. Difficulties

In Ancient Greece or Rome, philosophers were seen as natural authorities on the most pressing questions. However, since then, the idea of finding wisdom from philosophy has come to seem bizarre. Enter a university department today and ask to study wisdom, and you will politely but firmly be shown the door. The Consolations of Philosophy sets out to refute the notion that good philosophy must be irrelevant and gathers together six great philosophers who were convinced of the power of philosophical insight to work a practical effect on our lives.consolations-of-philosophySocrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche are read for the light their work can shine on certain great universal problems, among them, unpopularity, poverty, inadequacy, lovelessness and timidity. The book amounts to a guide to wisdom – as well as to the practical utility of philosophy.

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