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The Consolations Of PhilosophyEditions
Review
This is not a work of academic philosophy. I expect many academic philosophers would hate it: so much the better. In the context of Montaigne he says, “The responsibility of authors in the humanities is not to quasi-scientific accuracy, but to happiness and health.” De Botton acquits himself admirably against this injunction. He shares with Montaigne an interest in the ordinary, a mistrust of cant, and a belief that entertaining people is more worthwhile, and intellectually respectable, than boring them. It is a delightful and witty book, bristling with intelligence (and lots of rather odd pictures, like his other books). - review by Johnny de Falbe |
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