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Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton, FRSL is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. 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. Other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997), Status Anxiety (2004) and The Architecture of Happiness (2006).

English

Status Anxiety

2004
as narrator

This Is Tomorrow

2008
as Alain de Botton

The Future Is Now!

2011
as The Philosopher

Writer

Episode The Perfect Home
Episode 1
2006
Episode The Perfect Home
Episode 2
2006
Episode The Perfect Home
Episode 3
2006
Episode Status Anxiety
Causes
2004
Episode Status Anxiety
Manifestations
2004
Episode Status Anxiety
Solutions
2004

Guest Star

Episode Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
Episode 8
2010
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Alain de Botton, Barry Manilow
2020
Episode Conversa com Bial
Viviane Mosé, Milly Lacombe e Alain de Botton
2019
Episode The Project (2009)
Wednesday 13 Jul
2016
Episode Het voordeel van de twijfel
Worden we beter van tegenslag?
2014
Episode Het voordeel van de twijfel
Werken om te leven of leven om te werken?
2014
Episode Het voordeel van de twijfel
Ik word geliket, dus ik ben?
2014
Episode Faulks On Fiction
The Lover
2011
Episode One Plus One
Alain de Botton
2014