Alain de Botton

Worst Debater: Alain de Botton Alain de Botton is a well-respected English author and philosopher. As of today, he has written several best sellers such as Essays in Love and Status Anxiety. During the debate, Botton argued against the resolution “Be it resolved humankind’s best days lie ahead”. Although each debater brought valid arguments and unique perspectives to the resolution, out of the four, I believed that Botton’s debate was the weakest of all for a number of reasons. Botton starts off his

complete the tasks which are required of us in our various roles in society. In his essay “On Habit,” Alain de Botton, writes that people have become habituated in their own daily lives. In his first section he details himself returning from Barbados to London who discovers the weather isn’t what he expected. He expected his mood from the weather of Barbados to stay the same in London. De Botton illustrates that people in general are unhappy when it comes to observing

the same tasks as they do and do not stop to just take in the world around them. In Alain de Botton’s essay “On Habit”, he discusses this topic and his personal experiences with it. Upon returning from a trip, de Botton had to train his mind and attitude to be more appreciative and open to the city which he calls his home. Getting this idea and trying it out after being inspired by another author’s work, de Botton set out on an experiment to see if it is possible to change how one views the world

Down memory lane our memories and experiences stick with us in our unconscious mind and doesn’t seem interesting to us later. That is why all the people are in a practice to travel around the world to make our life more exciting. According to Alain de Botton, author of “On Habit”, an individual mindset helps in finding gratification and satisfaction in travelling in one’s day-to-day procedure. It’s a human tendency to give more value to that things which are interlinked with one’s routine and rest

allowing them to surmount the trivialities of the detached consumer society. Alain De Botton’s intricately structured travel memoir, Art of Travel, and Margaret Atwood’s poem, The Moment, conceptualise the resonance of such landscapes through a unique and engaging form, allowing responders to cultivate an amplified admiration for their own existence. In coalescing a variety of rich anecdotal and philosophical perspectives, De Botton facilitates a sense of gratitude for the minute aspects of our accustomed

to a cult-like worship of celebrities. This is a brief description of what I think to be celebrity culture. Alain de Botton is a supporter of such culture, although probably not the whole celebrity-worship part. He boldly states that imitating celebrities is integral to a good life and that we are ignoring important information when we take no interest in celebrities (de Botton 2014). De Button may be correct, there could be some benefit in admiring certain celebrities but then again, I do not think

The short story by Alain de Botton, from 2002, takes place on the outskirts of Paris. Firstly we are being presented to an elder French Duc, des Esseintes, who is our main and only character. Des Esseintes lives by himself in a villa, and prefers to be alone rather than among others. He rarely moves outside in public. Not since he once, in his younger days, went to a nearby village which only made him detest people even more. Since then he has always been at his home. Until one morning. One day while

Alain de Botton is a renowned philosopher and this is due to his work that relates to humans and the psychological aspect of people. Epicurus sought to find out and shed light on three simple dictums finding a sense of wellbeing and contentment. In today’s world, money has been identified as the main source of contentment and wellbeing due to its nature and its importance (Botton). The school founded by Epicurus was seen to put great emphasis on matters relating to pleasure and more specifically

Alain De Botton is a British Author who writes about variety of subjects that focus on everyday life. He has written many books including one that went on to sell two million copies. The article that he wrote was published in “The New York Times” Sunday Review section, along with this he has given a TED talk and is very popular on twitter. He has 873K followers in which will read a tweet from Botton almost every day. The article that I read is called “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person” which talks

Alternative landscapes allow freedom from repressive environments and this has an effect on the psyche of individuals and demonstrates the complexity of human nature. Alain De Botton’s ‘The Art of Travel’ reflects on the impact of different landscapes that lead to the ultimate search for happiness while questioning the psychological effect of this pursuit. Peter Weir’s ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ is based on the disappearance of three school girls in a mysterious manner, leaving the audience questioning