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Alain de Botton

    December 20, 1969

    Alain de Botton aims to make philosophy relevant to everyday life through his essayistic books. His work intricately weaves personal experiences and ideas with insights from artists, philosophers, and thinkers. This distinctive style, termed 'the philosophy of everyday life,' innovatively blends narrative elements with profound analysis. De Botton seeks to demonstrate how philosophical concepts can enrich and illuminate common human experiences, from navigating relationships to finding meaning in work and art.

    Alain de Botton
    The Course of Love
    Art as Therapy
    The Consolations of Philosophy
    The School of Life
    The School of Life : An emotional Education
    A Therapeutic Journey
    • 2024
    • 2024

      A Therapeutic Journey

      Lessons from the School of Life

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.3(26)Add rating

      The book features insights and lessons shared by various guests from the Diary of a CEO podcast, hosted by Steven Bartlett. It explores themes of entrepreneurship, personal growth, and resilience through candid conversations with influential figures. Readers will find practical advice and inspiring stories that highlight the challenges and triumphs faced in business and life. This collection aims to motivate and empower individuals to pursue their ambitions while navigating the complexities of modern success.

      A Therapeutic Journey
    • 2023

      The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of LifeA Therapeutic Journey follows the arc from mental crisis and collapse to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is both a practical guide and a source of consolation and companionship in what might be some of our loneliest, most anguished moments.Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of forms of mental pain and illness, from the mild to the severe. It considers how and why we might become ill; how we can explain things to friends, family and colleagues; how we can find our ways towards recovery; and how we can build resilience, so as to live wisely alongside our difficulties.At heart this is a book about redemption - about regaining the thread of our lives, rediscovering meaning, and finding our way back to connection, warmth and joy.'Alain de Botton is a brave and highly intelligent writer' Observer'One of our most consistently illuminating writers on contemporary culture' John Gray, New Statesman

      A Therapeutic Journey
    • 2022

      ‘Hoe overleef ik de moderne wereld” van Alain de Botton & The School of Life is de ultieme gids voor het navigeren door onze ongewone tijden. Het boek behandelt onze relatie met de nieuwsmedia, onze ideeën over liefde en seks, onze veronderstellingen over geld en onze carrières, onze houding ten opzichte van dieren en de natuur, onze bewondering voor wetenschap en technologie, ons geloof in individualisme en secularisme – en onze verhouding tot rust en eenzaamheid.De moderne wereld heeft ons een reeks buitengewone voordelen en geneugten gebracht, waaronder technologie, medicijnen en entertainment. Maar het kan ook voelen alsof de moderne tijd ons steeds dieper in hebzucht, wanhoop en opwinding dompelt. Zelden heeft de wereld zich meer bevoorrecht gevoeld. Maar tegelijk voelt de mens zich ook bezorgd, woedend en angstig. Als de moderne tijd (gedeeltelijk) als een ziekte gezien kan worden, is een juiste diagnose misschien wel de remedie. Het boek helpt ons om een kalmere, authentiekere, soms luchtigere relatie aan te gaan met de dwaasheden en obsessies van onze tijd.

      The School of Life: Hoe overleef ik de moderne wereld
    • 2020

      The School of Life

      An Emotional Education

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      4.2(436)Add rating

      An anthology of materials drawn from the work of The School of Life Press and The School of Life Blog. Brings together ten years of essential and transformative research on emotional intelligence, with practical topics including: how to understand yourself; how to master the dilemmas of relationships; how to become more effective at work; how to endure failure; how to grow more serene and resilient

      The School of Life
    • 2019

      Das Buch bietet unterhaltsame Anregungen, Aufgaben und Fragen aus der Psychologie, die uns helfen, uns selbst besser zu verstehen und mehr Selbsterkenntnis in wichtigen Lebensbereichen zu erlangen.

      Wer bin ich?. The School of Life
    • 2019

      How to Reform Capitalism

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      A revolutionary, yet utterly practical blueprint for a wiser and better kind of capitalism.

      How to Reform Capitalism
    • 2019

      Emotional intelligence affects every aspect of the way we live, from romantic to professional relationships, from our inner resilience to our social success. It is the ultimate soft skill of the twenty-first century. Drawing on his work in the hugely successful School of Life organisation, Alain de Botton presents a compendium of emotional intelligence. Using his trademark mixture of analysis, anecdote, insight and practical wisdom, he considers how we interact with each and with ourselves, and how we can do so better. From the reigning master of popular philosophy, this is an essential look at the skill set that defines our modern lives.

      The School of Life : An emotional Education
    • 2018

      Wie lerne ich die kleinen Freude n des Alltags zu genießen? Mit das Beste im Leben sind die kleinen Freuden des Alltags, wir müssen sie nur erkennen: das unvergleichliche Entzücken, die Hand eines Kindes zu halten, das Vergnügen mit jemandem verschiedener Meinung zu sein, das Staunen über den Nachthimmel. All das kann uns Glück und Trost spenden, ohne besonders teuer oder anstrengend zu sein. Dieses Buch ermutigt uns den Blick für die ganz unterschiedlichen, faszinierenden und bewegenden kleinen Freuden zu schulen. Begegnen Sie der Welt mit neu entdeckter Begeisterung. Ein humorvolles Spiegelbild, wie Sie sich selbst im Weg stehen Lebensweisheiten im Alltag erfahren Im Kleinen ist großes Glück nicht teuer

      Kleine Freuden - Großes Glück.