The School of Life
An Emotional Education
Published on 5. September 2019
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-241-38231-8 (ISBN)
Description
Discover everything you were never taught at school about how to lead a better life...
'Amazing. He talk about sophisticated things in simple but not simplistic ways. A beautiful book that you should have in your home' Chris Evans
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
As heard on Elizabeth Day's How to Fail podcast
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.
'Amazing. He talk about sophisticated things in simple but not simplistic ways. A beautiful book that you should have in your home' Chris Evans
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
As heard on Elizabeth Day's How to Fail podcast
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.
Reviews / Votes
[Alain] de Botton's injunction to understand ourselves could not matter more. * The Times * It is an amazing book. Beautifully written . . . a beautiful book that you should have in your home * Chris Evans *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-38231-8 (9780241382318)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
09/2019
1st Edition
Penguin Books Ltd
€9.49
Available for download
Persons
Alain de Botton (Author)
Alain de Botton is the author of Essays in Love, The Romantic Movement, Kiss and Tell, How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel, Status Anxiety, The Architecture of Happiness, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, A Week at the Airport, Religion for Atheists, The News: A User's Manual, The Course of Love and The School of Life among many others. Alain is a bestselling author in 30 countries. He lives in London, where he runs The School of Life and Living Architecture.
Alain de Botton is the author of Essays in Love, The Romantic Movement, Kiss and Tell, How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel, Status Anxiety, The Architecture of Happiness, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, A Week at the Airport, Religion for Atheists, The News: A User's Manual, The Course of Love and The School of Life among many others. Alain is a bestselling author in 30 countries. He lives in London, where he runs The School of Life and Living Architecture.