"Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence."
About Alain de Botton
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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