The Consolations of Philosophy
Fifteen centuries ago, the Roman philosopher Boethius hit upon a fine idea to keep himself busy until his impending execution. He composed a book delineating the consolations of his specialty. The book didn't save his life, but it did become a classic. Alain De Botton's post-modern equivalent of...
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Fifteen centuries ago, the Roman philosopher Boethius hit upon a fine idea to keep himself busy until his impending execution. He composed a book delineating the consolations of his specialty. The book didn't save his life, but it did become a classic. Alain De Botton's post-modern equivalent of On The Consolations of Philosophy has a pertness and wit not frequently evident in Boethius's original. The lively discussions of Epicurus, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche are hip without being flippant, intelligent without being obscure or pretentious.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780786177165 (0786177160)
Publish date: May 1st 2006
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Edition language: English
Another book I have read and reviewed many times- I read it first the year after I graduated from college, and I think without this book I might have abandoned the likes of Socrates and Marcus Aurelius in the world of ideas...
I guess the question that has been raised a number of times is whether this book is a self-help book. I guess the problem with self-help books is that people don't like to be seen reading them because it creates the suggestion that maybe they have problems and that their life is not where they want ...
12 years ago
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