The Consolations of Philosophy

The Consolations of PhilosophyA much loved volume of classic Alain de Botton wisdom: a book of philosophy that helps us to live. Alain de Botton has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietsche on some of the things that bother us all: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety, the fear of failure and the pressure to conform. Alain de

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chance encounters and a mysterious tour of Lisbon

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El Topo is an incredible journey through nightmarish violence

the story of Santiago is an eternal testament to the transforming power of our dreams and the importance of listening to our hearts

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a jazz musician already well-known within London’s rhythm and blues clubs

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