The Consolations of Philosophy Condition:Good the first thing you'll probably

the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born

the members of a family discover that their self-definition relies on their interactions with ‘outsiders’ who exist beyond their comfort zones

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The Consolations of Philosophy Condition:Good the first thing you'll probablyAlain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche he addresses lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety and conformity. De Botton's book led one critic to call philosophy 'the new rock and roll'.