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About Alain de Botton
British author and public speaker
Alain de Botton is a British author and public speaker known for writing about contemporary life and for making philosophy feel useful in everyday settings. His work often turns to common experiences and asks how ideas can help explain them. Among his best-known books are Essays in Love, which sold two million copies, How Proust Can Change Your Life, Status Anxiety, and The Architecture of Happiness.
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- “דברים יפים ומלאי תקווה. עלינו לנצור אותם יותר מאי פעם, כי יותר מאי פעם אלו הם הדברים שהופכים את חיינו לכאלה ש…”Alain de Botton
- “משום מה התרגלנו להאמין שהחברות היא לחלוק את הזמנים הטובים, אבל ההפך הוא הנכון. חברות היא לחלוק את הכאב, הפחד,…”Alain de Botton
- “מהי בעצם חרדה? זוהי דרכה הנואשת של הנפש לנסות להשיג שליטה על הלא־נודע ועל הבלתי־ניתן לשליטה... האפשרות האחרת…”Alain de Botton
- “[אלבר קאמי] חשב שאנחנו צריכים להתמקד בתענוגות הפשוטים – סקס, שחייה, כדורגל, ספרות. תענוגות כאלה ואחרים עדיין…”Alain de Botton
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- “It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be ab…”Robert B. Parker
- “Fiction in general holds little interest for me. Novels, in particular, arouse more suspicion than intrigue.…”Dan Garfat-Pratt
- “I've always been a sci-fi/fantasy guy. My book reports in school, whenever you didn't have to do it on Shakes…”Jonathan Hickman
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Books by Alain de Botton
The Architecture of Happiness
2008
The news
2014
The course of love
2016
Religion for Atheists
2012
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
2009