Alain de Botton

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• Philosophy: Socrates on Self-Confidence

  
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  This episode explores how Socrates concepts on the self-confidence, searching for truth and self-knowledge can affect us in the 21st Century. (24 min, 3 segments)
  1 week ago

• Emilia Fox happy to be a model bride

  
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  Emilia Fox whose husband Jared Harris filed for divorce earlier this year has said that it is too soon for her to marry her boyfriend the charity campaigner Jeremy Gilley.
  3 weeks ago

• Alain de Botton: Job Snobbery and a Healthier Definition of Success

  
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  "Next time you see somebody driving a Ferrari, dont think this is somebody whos greedy, think this is somebody whos incredibly vulnerable and in need of love." (*eager guffaws ensue*) And a new way of looking at the old glass: "Any vision of success has to admit what its losing out on ... where the element of loss ...
  4 weeks ago

• Philosophy: Epicurus on Happiness

  
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  Although much of what is known about the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus derives from later followers and commentators, many of his ideas about nature and physics presaged important scientific concepts of our time. (24 min)
  5 weeks ago

• Travel æsthetics

  
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  A 747 swivels round to the end of the runway, powers up, and lumbers slowly forwards, picking up speed and growling towards me. As it passes, the livery glints in the light, and the growl fades to a dull roar as the exhausts slide into view. Gradually, the aircraft rises from the tarmac in a breath-like motion and ...
  5 weeks ago

• Spark 90 – November 1 & 3, 2009

  
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  On this episode of Spark: The pleasures and sorrows of work, continuous partial attention, and email apnea. Click to listen (runs 54:00): Download audio file (spark_20091101_22305.mp3) As Nora says in the episode, this week, we’ve made a different kind of show. We’re going to feature two longer form ...
  5 weeks ago

• Dan Hill reviews A Week at the Airport, by Alain de Botton

  
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  Dan Hill reviews Alain de Botton’s book about his residency at Heathrow Airport: “A central theme is the (accurate, I think) impression that few industries are as “vulnerable to disaster” as commercial aviation, but that this leads essentially to a kind of pervasive frustration running through much of the ...
  5 weeks ago

• Filosoful ca un one-man-show. Sau despre eul obosit - eul obositor (jdc.XI)

  
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  Nu am citit multe cărţi de Alain de Botton, însă două cred că mi-au fost foarte "dulce et utile". Prima, Eseuri de îndrăgostit, m-a surprins prin ineditul acelui melanj între filosofie, eseistică, poveste de dragoste şi manual de sociologie (dacă am scăpat ceva, îmi cer scuze). A doua, The Consolations ...
  5 weeks ago

• Job snobbery

  
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  “ Snobbery is a global phenomenon…… and the dominant kind of snobbery that exists nowadays is job snobbery. You encounter it within minutes at a party, when you get asked that famous iconic question of the early 21st century, "What do you do?"  – Alain de Botton. A witty look at our ideas of success [...]
  5 weeks ago

• A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary – Alain de Botton

  
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  A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary chronicles award winning writer Alain de Botton’s 7 days inside Heathrow Airport. In the summer of 2009, bestselling author Alain de Botton will be given unprecedented access to wander around Heathrow, one of the world’s biggest, oldest and busiest airports. He will speak ...
  5 weeks ago

• Salman Rushdie rises to the bait

  
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  Rushdie should never have responded to Pia Glenns attack says Libby Purves.
  6 weeks ago

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