About this title: Alain de Botton ekes everyday advice and wisdom from some very heady sources. His book distills life interpretations from great thinkers and offers them up with personal insights and anecdotes.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780679442769ISBN:0679442766
Description: Good. DJ shows light chipping, small tear and edge wear. Light soiling on sides of book. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Used" stickers or stamps are present. Excellent deal for students looking to save! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780679442769ISBN:0679442766
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679779179ISBN:0679779175
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Has light creasing at the spine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2000-04-25
ISBN-13:9780679442769ISBN:0679442766
Description: Good. Good + Condition. Binding tight, pages clean. Wrinkles and wear to edges of Dust Jacket. Some shelf-bend to top and bottom of HC spine. Ripple on pages 185-200. Nice solid reading copy! read more
Edition: First Edition, 1st printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage International
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780679779179ISBN:0679779175
Description: BRAND NEW. First Vintage International edition, first printing of this brand new quality paperback. 'A fine introduction to the world of philosophy. '--Newsweek (from the front cover) read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780679442769ISBN:0679442766
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Philosophy. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most painful everyday porblems. This book is in very good condition and appears unread. There is a production fault on the inside of the front cover. One inch of the paper lining is missing along the top edge. The dust jacket is also in very good condition, is not price clipped, and is in new clear protective covering. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780679442769ISBN:0679442766
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. A Fine Copy In Fine Dust Jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2001-04-01
ISBN-13:9780679779179ISBN:0679779175
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780679779179. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679779179ISBN:0679779175
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: 1st ed.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780241140116ISBN:0241140110
Description: Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos, 100% recycled paper, page edges very slightly yellowed, spine very slightly creased. 265 pp. Introduces some common ideas in philosophy, based on six famous philosophers: Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche. The inspiration for the TV series Philosophy. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780679442769ISBN:0679442766
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. read more
Edition: First American Edition Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780679442769ISBN:0679442766
Description: Fine/Near Fine. 0679442766 Bound in gray boards with black cloth spine. Clean and tight, no markings. First Printing. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. Jacket is not price-clipped. 265pp including index. read more
"I had purchased this book shortly after seeing the author on Book TV. I began reading this book and lost interest after Soctates was given the poison. I then became very interested in history and went back to this book due to the fact I ran out of books to read one weekend. I picked up the book and began reading it again and enjoyed it very much. It discusses various philosopers and helped me understand this topic enough to read Ciscero."
"Utilizing various philosophers wisodm to aid your worries from topics such as not having enough money to frustration to a broken heart. Informative, wonderfully entertaining, and a great introduction to anyone who is interested in philosophy."
"though some may find this book intellectually offensive, i quite enjoyed the cartoony philosophy lessons and the random pictures scattered throughout. i firmly believe that more nonfiction books should have lots and lots of pictures.
i particularly enjoyed the Nietzsche chapter ("Consolation for Difficulties"), which, among its many gems, includes:
in discussing N's antipathy to alcohol - "In the spring of 1871, Nietzsche went on holiday with his sister to the Hotel de Parc in Lugano. The hotel bill for 2-9 March shows that he drank fourteen glasses of milk . . . . 'I cannot advise all more spiritual natures too seriously to abstain from alcohol absolutely. Water suffices.'"
and
"Finally, at the beginning of January 1889, Nietzsche broke down at Turin's Piazza Carlo Alberto and embraced a horse . . . ."
poor Nietzsche. he's so great! i wish i could quote the whole weird and entertaining chapter here.
i also must remark that i found this book quite consoling (again, in contrast to when i first read it years ago). i feel much better about my life now!
"Great book for those wishing to understand basic philosophy, be generally well-read, or those interested in self-help books. The author focuses each chapter on one real-life struggle (frustration, Not having enough money, unpopularity) and the tactics classic philosophers used to address them. De Botton intellectualizes the self-help book, while simultaneously using easy language which makes a philosopher's idea accessible to anyone. It is a quick and easy read and, like all good philosophy, it makes you think."
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