Alain de Botton

Petit guide des religions à l'usage des mécréants

Alain de Botton
- Flammarion
- Champs
- 11 Mai 2022
- 9782080284921
Les religions sont trop utiles, trop efficaces et trop intelligentes pour être abandonnées aux seuls croyants. Envisagées comme sagesses à l'usage de tous, elles engendrent des sentiments de communauté humaine, encouragent la vertu et luttent contre le matérialisme de la société de consommation.Au lieu de moquer les religions, athées et agnostiques feraient mieux de « piller » les bonnes idées dont elles regorgent. Mêlant la plus grande impiété et le plus grand respect, Alain de Botton ouvre la voie avec un humour, une finesse et une perspicacité remarquables, nous invitant à jouir de tous les outils de connaissance de soi que les religions ont élaborés au fil des siècles.
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L'architecture du bonheur

Alain de Botton
- Le livre de poche
- Le Livre De Poche References
- 28 Octobre 2009
- 9782253126843
Qu'est-ce qu'un bel édifice ? Quelle influence peut avoir l'architecture sur notre humeur ? Une maison peut-elle apporter le bien-être ou la sérénité ? Dans la plupart de ses livres, Alain de Botton s'intéresse à notre bonheur et cherche les moyens de nous rendre la vie plus harmonieuse. Il se penche ici sur notre cadre de vie et sur l'architecture des lieux où nous vivons et travaillons. En quoi l'un et l'autre influent sur notre mode de pensée, nos comportements, notre existence au quotidien, tel est le sujet de L'Architecture du bonheur. Avec une éblouissante érudition (et beaucoup d'humour), Alain de Botton nous entraîne à travers le monde, de Paris à Tokyo, de Londres à Brasilia, à la recherche de la maison idéale.
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Petite philosophie de l'amour

Alain de Botton
- J'ai lu
- Litterature Generale
- 2 Octobre 2010
- 9782290028032
C'est l'histoire d'une passion.
Celle du narrateur pour Chloé, rencontrée par hasard à bord d'un vol Paris-Londres. Le hasard fait-il bien les choses ? A partir de cette situation simple et prometteuse, Alain de Botton décortique une relation amoureuse à la lumière d'éminents philosophes : Platon, Pascal, Nietzsche, mais aussi Groucho Marx et quelques autres... Un véritable traité de l'amour en Occident aujourd'hui.
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THE SCHOOL OF LIFE

Alain de Botton
- Penguin books uk
- 3 Septembre 2020
- 9780241985830
The essential guide to how to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century - f rom Alain de Botton, the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love Discover this comprehensive guide to the modern art of emotional intelligence We spend years in school learning facts and figures but the one thing we're never taught is how to live a fulfilled life. That's why we need The School of Life - a real organisation founded ten years ago by writer and philosopher Alain de Botton. The School of Life has one simple aim: to equip people with the tools to survive and thrive in the modern world. And the most important of these tools is emotional intelligence. This book brings together ten years of essential and transformative research on emotional intelligence, with practical topics including: - how to understand yourself - how to master the dilemmas of relationships - how to become more effective at work - how to endure failure - how to grow more serene and resilient The School of Life is nothing short of a crash course in emotional maturity. With all the trademark wit and elegance of Alain de Botton's other writings, and rooted in practical, achievable advice, it show us a path to the better lives we all want and deserve. Praise for Alain de Botton: 'What he has managed to do is remarkable: to help us think better so that we may live better lives' Irish Times 'A serious and optimistic set of practical ideas that could improve and alter the way we live' Jeanette Winterson, The Times 'Alain de Botton likes to take big, complex subjects and write about them with thoughtful and deceptive innocence' Observer
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THE CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY

Alain de Botton
- Adult pbs
- 12 Novembre 2001
- 9780140276619
This work tackles common human problems, illuminated by the writings of a key figure in the history of philosophy. "Consolation for Unpopularity" is offered by Socrates, "Anxiety" by Epicurus, "Anger" by Seneca, "Pride" by Montaigue, "Depression" by Schopenhauer, and "Timidity" by Nietzsche.
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THE ART OF TRAVEL

Alain de Botton
- Adult pbs
- 14 Mars 2014
- 9780241970065
This title takes us on a journey through the satisfactions and disappointments of travelling. Dealing with such topics as airports, exotic carpets and mini-bars it reveals the hidden motivations, expectations and complications of our voyages into the wide world.
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THE COURSE OF LOVE

Alain de Botton
- Adult pbs
- 3 Janvier 2017
- 9780241962138
SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER A brilliant new novel about love and marriage in the modern world - from the author the bestselling novel Essays in Love Modern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes after happily ever after? This is a love story with a difference. From dating to marriage, from having kids to having affairs, it follows the progress of a single ordinary relationship: tender, messy, hilarious, painful, and entirely un-Romantic. It is a love story for the modern world, chronicling the daily intimacies, the blazing rows, the endless tiny gestures that make up a life shared between two people. Moving and deeply insightful, The Course of Love offers us a window into essential truths about the nature of love.
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How proust can change your life

Alain de Botton
- Vintage usa
- 1 Janvier 1998
- 9780679779155
A sly self-help manual for the bookworm distills from the life and work of Marcel Proust--particularly The Remembrance of Things Past--useful directions on such subjects as cultivating friendships and sexual relations. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
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ESSAYS IN LOVE

Alain de Botton
- Picador uk
- 1 Janvier 2015
- 9781447275329
B>'De Botton is a national treasure.' - Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black/b>b>With an introduction by Sheila Heti/b>b>A unique love story and a classic work of philosophy, rooted in the mysterious workings of the human heart and mind./b>Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can understand what we are saying in essence, we are not wholly alive until we are loved.A man and a woman meet over casual conversation on a flight from Paris to London, and so begins a love story - from first kiss to first argument, elation to heartbreak, and everything in between. Each stage of the relationship is illuminated with startling clarity, as de Botton explores emotions often felt but rarely understood.With the verve of a novelist and the insight of a philosopher, Alain de Botton uncovers the mysteries of the human heart. Essays In Love is an iconic book - one that should be read by anyone who has ever fallen in love.
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RELIGION FOR ATHEISTS

Alain De Botton
- Adult pbs
- 23 Janvier 2013
- 9780141046310
SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERbr>br>NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERbr>br>From one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The School of Lifebr>br>''A serious and optimistic set of practical ideas that could improve and alter the way we live'' Jeanette Winterson, The Timesbr>br>''A beautiful, inspiring book... offering a glimpse of a more enlightened path'' Sunday Telegraphbr>br>''Smart, stimulating, sensitive. A timely and perceptive appreciation of how much wisdom is embodied in religious traditions and how we godless moderns might learn from it'' Financial Timesbr>br>''There isn''t a page in this book that doesn''t contain a striking idea or a stimulating parallel'' Mail on Sundaybr>br>Alain de Botton takes us one step further than Dawkins or Hitchens ventured - into a world of ideas beyond the God debate...br>br>All of us, whether religious, agnostic or atheist, are searching for meaning. And in this wise and life-affirming book, non-believer Alain de Botton both rejects the supernatural claims of the major religions and points out just how many good ideas they sometimes have about how we should live.br>br>And he suggests that non-believers can learn and steal from them.br>br>Picking and choosing from the thousands of years of advice assembled by the world''s great religions, Alain de Botton presents a range of fascinating ideas and practical insights on art, community, love, friendship, work, life and death. He shows how they can be of use to us all, irrespective of whether we do or don''t believe.>
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Aussi longtemps que dure l'amour

Alain de Botton
- Flammarion
- Le Monde De La Philosophie
- 14 Septembre 2016
- 9782081386808
Un roman philosophique sur les moments importants de la vie amoureuse notamment la quête balbutiante de l'âme soeur durant l'enfance, le fantasme de l'inconnu, le début de l'histoire d'amour, la première fois, à travers l'histoire de deux personnages.
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News: a user's manual, the

Alain de Botton
- Adult pbs
- 11 Février 2015
- 9780241972694
Looks at the manic and peculiar positions that 'the news' occupies in our lives. Mixing current affairs with philosophical reflections, this title offers an illustrated guide to the precautions we should take before venturing anywhere near the news and the 'noise' it generates.
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Art et thérapie

Alain de Botton
- Phaidon
- 2 Octobre 2014
- 9780714869032
Nous entendons souvent parler de l'importance de l'art, mais on en explique rarement les raisons. Alain de Botton et John Armstrong estiment que art peut aider à résoudre les dilemmes les plus intimes et quotidiens : pourquoi le travail n'est-il pas plus épanouissant ? pourquoi la vie des autres semble-t-elle tellement plus excitante ? comment avoir de meilleures relations de couple ? pourquoi politique est-elle si déprimante ? Cet ouvrage ente une nouvelle manière d'aborder l'art, me une forme de thérapie capable d'apporter ',liions convaincantes à de nombreux problèmes de la vie.
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Status anxiety

Alain de Botton
- Penguin books uk
- 14 Décembre 2004
- 9780141014869
For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries.
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ON LOVE

Alain de Botton
- Grove/atlantic
- 1 Janvier 2006
- 9780802142405
In a novel that explores the realities of "being in love," two young people meet on a plane to Paris and embark on a love affair based on what they perceive as destiny. A first novel. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.
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Portrait d'une jeune fille anglaise

Alain de Botton
- 10/18
- Domaine Etranger
- 22 Août 2002
- 9782264035745
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Le plaisir de souffrir

Alain de Botton
- 10/18
- Domaine Etranger
- 16 Octobre 2003
- 9782264037688
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RELIGION FOR ATHEISTS - A NON-BELIEVER''S GUIDE TO THE USES OF RELIGION

Alain De Botton
- Penguin books uk
- 6 Septembre 2012
- 9780241964057
From the author of The Architecture of Happiness, a deeply moving meditation on how we can still benefit, without believing, from the wisdom, the beauty, and the consolatory power that religion has to offer.
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Alain de Botton was brought up in a committedly atheistic household, and though he was powerfully swayed by his parents' views, he underwent, in his midtwenties, a crisis of faithlessness. His feelings of doubt about atheism had their origins in listening to Bach's cantatas, were further developed in the presence of certain Bellini Madonnas, and became overwhelming with an introduction to Zen architecture. However, it was not until his father's death buried under a Hebrew headstone in a Jewish cemetery because he had intriguingly omitted to make more secular arrangements that Alain began to face the full degree of his ambivalence regarding the views of religion that he had dutifully accepted. Why are we presented with the curious choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling, subtle and effective rituals and practices for which there is no equivalent in secular society? Why do we bristle at the mention of the word "morality"? Flee from the idea that art should be uplifting, or have an ethical purpose? Why don't we build temples? What mechanisms do we have for expressing gratitude? The challenge that de Botton addresses in his book: how to separate ideas and prctices from the religious institutions that have laid claim to them. In Religion for Atheists is an argument to free our soulrelated needs from the particular influence of religions, even if it is, paradoxically, the study of religion that will allow us to rediscover and rearticulate those needs.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Plaisir de souffrir

Alain de Botton
- Pocket
- Noir Pocket
- 19 Août 1999
- 9782266071659
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Les consolations de la philosophie

Alain de Botton
- Mercure de france
- Bibliotheque Etrangere
- 12 Septembre 2001
- 9782715222151
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The architecture of happiness

Alain de Botton
- Adult pbs
- 19 Mars 2014
- 9780241970058
Takes the reader on a tour through the history and psychology of architecture and interior design. Looking at buildings across the world, from medieval wooden huts to modern skyscrapers, this title examines sofas and cathedrals, tea sets and office complexes, as well as offering philosophical insights.
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Comment proust peut changer votre vie

Alain de Botton
- J'ai lu
- Litterature Generale
- 2 Octobre 2010
- 9782290028049
Alain de Botton nous le certifie : Proust peut changer notre vie.
En neuf chapitres savoureux, l'auteur nous entraîne dans la vie, la correspondance et l'oeuvre de l'écrivain pour en extraire de formidables leçons de vie. Une façon audacieuse et érudite de relire celui qui avait toujours froid, qui passa quatorze années au fond d'un lit à écrire A la recherche du temps perdu et qui avait peur des souris plus que des bombes.
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THE SCHOOL OF LIFE - AN EMOTIONAL EDUCATION

Alain de Botton
- Hamish hamilton
- 5 Septembre 2019
- 9780241382325
Discover everything you were never taught at school about how to lead a better life... Introduced and edited by the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love''Alain de Botton likes to take big, complex subjects and write about them with thoughtful and deceptive innocence'' Observer We spend years in school learning facts and figures but the one thing we''re never taught is how to live a fulfilled life. That''s why we need The School of Life - a real organisation founded ten years ago by writer and philosopher Alain de Botton. The School of Life has one simple aim: to equip people with the tools to survive and thrive in the modern world. And the most important of these tools is emotional intelligence.This book brings together ten years of essential and transformative research on emotional intelligence, with practical topics including: - how to understand yourselfbr>- how to master the dilemmas of relationshipsbr>- how to become more effective at work br>- how to endure failurebr>- how to grow more serene and resilient The School of Life is nothing short of a crash course in emotional maturity. With all the trademark wit and elegance of Alain de Botton''s other writings, and rooted in practical, achievable advice, it show us a path to the better lives we all want and deserve.>
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A WEEK AT THE AIRPORT: A HEATHROW DIARY

Alain de Botton
- Profile books
- 9 Octobre 2009
- 9781846683596
In the summer of 2009, Alain de Botton will be invited by the owners of Heathrow airport to become their first ever Writer in Residence. He will be installed in the middle of Terminal 5 on a raised platform with a laptop connected to screens, enabling passengers to see what he is writing and to come and share their stories. He will meet travellers from around the world, and will be given unprecedented access to wander the airport and speak with everyone from window cleaners and baggage handlers to air traffic controllers and cabin crew. Working with the renowned documentary photographer Richard Baker, de Botton will produce an extraordinary meditation upon the nature of place, time, and our daily lives. He will explore the magical and the mundane, personal and collective experiences and the interactions of travellers and workers all over this familiar but mysterious site. Like all airports, Heathrow (the 15th century village of Heath Row lies beneath the short stay car park) is a 'non-place' that we by definition want to leave, but it also provides a window into many worlds - through the thousands of people it dispatches every day. A Week at the Airport is sure to delight de Botton's large following, and anyone interested in the stories behind the way we live.
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