Art is a weapon against despair

Alain de Botton talks us through two works, plus a list of therapeutic philosophers

I’ve just uploaded my podcast conversation with the British philosopher Alain de Botton. You can now download it here.

Many of you would be aware of Alain’s work. He set up The School of Life in London, which now has “campuses” around the world, and wrote a bunch of popular philosophy books that are exceptional if only for their innovative “f*cking with”…