The Consolations of Philosophy
Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton follows Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche to ask how philosophy can steady us against unpopularity, frustrated desire, anxiety, bodily shame, cultural judgment, romantic pain, and hardship. The book offers a practical map for questioning inherited beliefs, recalibrating expectations, and turning difficulty into clearer, more durable forms of life.
8 chapters
