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A review by gorgonine
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
DNF@17%, may get back to his later.
1. I understand the lure of taking Philosophy, a notoriously unworldly subject, and trying to relate it to life and moral principles as we know it today. Unfortunately, I am really not looking for guidance from long dead philosophers, and though the description of the Socratic method was interesting I really wish it had stuck to that instead of the whole "what can we learn from this" thing.
2. May get back to it later, but the book club has moved on to something else and I don't have enough interest to complete this on my own.
1. I understand the lure of taking Philosophy, a notoriously unworldly subject, and trying to relate it to life and moral principles as we know it today. Unfortunately, I am really not looking for guidance from long dead philosophers, and though the description of the Socratic method was interesting I really wish it had stuck to that instead of the whole "what can we learn from this" thing.
2. May get back to it later, but the book club has moved on to something else and I don't have enough interest to complete this on my own.