哲学的慰藉 – The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton

不受欢迎、缺钱、遭遇挫折、被瞧不起、心碎、困顿的哲学心灵良方，六个哲学家的智能解决六种人生问题！

英伦才子艾伦・德波顿了解现实人生的苦难，深深体会到这些苦难引起的伤痛；他认为哲学不应只是躲在象牙塔中的文字游戏，而是帮助人们解决心灵伤痛的良方。因此，他回到伟大哲学家身上，探索这些哲学家的智能，为我们提供舒缓现实生活郁闷的慰藉。

针对六个不同的人生问题──不受欢迎、缺钱、遭遇挫折、被认为有缺陷、心碎、困顿──德波顿分别向苏格拉底、伊比鸠鲁、塞内卡、蒙田、叔本华、尼采这六位哲学家取经，希望这些哲学家的个人体验与思想学说能够在我们饱受痛苦时，舒缓我们的症状，甚至根治我们的问题。

Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: He has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world’s most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems. From the frustration of misplacing your keys to the sadness of losing a loved one, the writings of Seneca can offer consolation. For the particular agony of not having enough money, Epicurus has a solution that everyone can afford. And if your life is beset by difficulty after difficulty, wise advice may be found in the words of Nietzsche, the brilliant philosopher whose own life was riddled with poverty, bad health, and excruciating loneliness. The Consolations of Philosophy is smart, lucid, and pleasing, a rare sort of book that wonderfully fulfills the promise of its title.