A review by uelkerd
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton

4.0

It really delivers what the title avokes in you. In case you have doubts about getting involved in philosophy, this relatively short book will replace those doubts by giving examples from the lives of 6 prominent philosophers; Epicurus, Seneca, Nietzsche, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Socrates in many useful aspects. If you are thinking about what philosophy can do for you, this is the address with the shortest possible answers, delivered in a witty manner.