Not to be confused with Alain de Benoist, the political theorist
British philosopher and author (born 1969)
Alain de Botton
FRSL
De Botton in 2011
Born
(1969-12-20) 20 December 1969 (age 54) Zürich, Switzerland
Occupation
Writer, speaker
Nationality
Swiss
British
Alma mater
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA) King's College London (MPhil) Harvard University
Period
1993–present
De Botton's voice
De Botton speaking at Cannes Lions 2012 on the fear of failure
Website
alaindebotton.com
Alain de BottonFRSL (/dəˈbɒtən/; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British author and public speaker. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997), Status Anxiety (2004), and The Architecture of Happiness (2006).
He co-founded The School of Life in 2008 and Living Architecture in 2009.[1][2] In 2015, he was awarded "The Fellowship of Schopenhauer", an annual writers' award from the Melbourne Writers Festival, for that work.
^Hird, Alison (17 June 2014). "Parisians learn at the School of Life". RFI. Retrieved 16 August 2022. Founded in London in 2008 by Swiss-born philosopher Alain de Botton
^Louie, Elaine (17 November 2010). "Alain de Botton's First Effort to Bring Modern Architecture to the British". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2022. Alain de Botton, the Swiss-born essayist who lives in London, founded a nonprofit group called Living Architecture in 2009
Not to be confused with Alainde Benoist, the political theorist AlaindeBotton FRSL (/dəˈbɒtən/; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British author...
by AlaindeBotton. It was first published in 2004 by Hamish Hamilton; subsequent publications have been by Penguin Books. According to DeBotton, "status...
Gilbert de Botton and granddaughter of Yolande Harmer. Her brother is AlaindeBotton. Born in Switzerland, Miel grew up in Zurich and studied law at Oxford...
media company founded in 2008 by British author and public speaker AlaindeBotton. The company is headquartered in London. It publishes various materials...
Gilbert deBotton (16 February 1935 – 27 August 2000) was an Egyptian-Israeli-Swiss financial pioneer, who is considered the inventor of the open architecture...
Consolations of Philosophy (ISBN 0-140-27661-0) is a non-fiction book by AlaindeBotton. First published by Hamish Hamilton in 2000, subsequent publications...
Atheists: A non-believer's guide to the uses of religion is a book by AlaindeBotton published in 2012. It argues that while supernatural claims made by...
is a book by AlaindeBotton (ISBN 978-0241142486) which discusses the importance of beauty, published by Pantheon Books in 2006. DeBotton, inspired by...
the Bauhaus movement. The term itself is not pejorative; however, AlaindeBotton describes pastiche as "an unconvincing reproduction of the styles of...
book The Architecture of Happiness by AlaindeBotton which first aired in 2006. In the programmes, AlaindeBotton explored the importance of innovative...
origin, via the Latin caerimonia. According to Dally Messenger and AlaindeBotton, in most Western countries the values and ideals articulated in both...
Deleuze wrote many works on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art. AlaindeBotton (1969–): British philosopher and author of Religion for Atheists: A...
The School of Life Self Help Series. Pan Macmillan, 2012. Edited by AlaindeBotton. The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will be...
Turner – 2015 American criminal case Status Anxiety – 2004 book by AlaindeBotton Ferguson, Christopher J. (14 December 2013). "Psychologist: "Affluenza"...
many other international and regional organisations. It has also become the de facto lingua franca language of diplomacy, science, technology, international...
attempted to be the writer in residence at the bus station emulating AlaindeBotton who had a similar position at Heathrow Airport Edgware bus station...
by Julian Kemp starring Brendan Patricks, based on pop-philosopher AlainDeBotton's book, Essays In Love (U.S. title On Love). After yet another failed...
Remuria once worshipped the Grand Symphony. De Fide Catolica The Consolations of Philosophy (by AlaindeBotton) Prison literature Elpis (wife of Boethius)...
company in the United Kingdom. It was founded by philosopher and writer AlaindeBotton, who launched the scheme in 2010 in what its website claims is the...
personality Dale Winton. In his 2009 book The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, AlaindeBotton chronicles his tour and brief experiences with employees of United...
Jonathan; Botton, Alainde; Smith, Ali; Khan, Natasha; McBride, Eimear; Obrist, Hans Ulrich (Jan 1, 2017). "Art to inspire: Ali Smith, AlaindeBotton and others...
Cameron, Deirdre Sanders, Nick Clegg, Alan Johnson, Charles Handy and AlaindeBotton. Relate adopted its current name on Valentine's Day 1988. In the 1990s...
investigations into world religions. Armstrong was described by philosopher AlaindeBotton as "one of the most intelligent contemporary defenders of religion"...
(born 1966). German Idealism, Nietzsche, Lacanian Psychoanalysis. AlaindeBotton (born 1969). Nick Bostrom (born 1973). Contemporary philosophy Timeline...
Global Information