Alain de Botton vs. Francis Bacon
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Alain de Botton
1969 – present
Literature
United Kingdom
Alain de Botton 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.
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"One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy."
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Francis Bacon
1909 – 1992
Literature
United Kingdom
empiricism
British novelist and journalist, author of the Booker Prize-winning novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."
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"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."
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Connections
Francis Bacon was influenced by Alain de Botton
Shared era: 1969 – 1992
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