Alain De Botton's takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history - socrates, epicurus, seneca, montaigne, schopenhauer and nietzsche - he address...Alain De Botton's takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history - socrates, epicurus, seneca, montaigne, schopenhauer and nietzsche - he addresses lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety and conformity.