Alain De Botton

A series of intelligent, rigorous, well-written self-help books, put together by some of the leading minds in the field. This bindup includes the following titles:Alain de Botton's How to Think More About Sex Tom Chatfield's How to Thrive in the Digital Age John Armstrong's How to Worry Less About Money Founded in 2008, The School of Life runs a diverse range of programmes and services which address questions of personal fulfilment and how to lead a better life. Drawing insights from philosophy, psychology, literature, the visual arts and sciences, The School of Life offers evening classes, weekends, conversation meals and other events that explore issues relating to big themes such as Love, Work, Play, Self, Family and Community.

The School of Life

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Much anxiety surrounds the question of how good the next generation will be at maths; very little around their abilities at marriage or kindness.

We are as clever with our machines and technologies as we are simple-minded in the management of our emotions.

Akrasia, weakness of will, a habit of not listening to what we accept should be heard and a failure to act upon what we know is right.

A good 'school' shouldn't tell us only things we've never heard of before; it should be deeply inter- ested in rehearsing all that is theoretically known yet practically forgotten. 

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