Consolations of Philosophy: Popular Penguins

Alain de BottonP#39;s Plt;iPgt;The Consolations of PhilosophyPlt;/iPgt; takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history - Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche - he addresses lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety and conformity. De BottonP#39;s book led one critic to call philosophy P#39;the new rock and rollP#39;.