All people get into difficult situations from time to time. How to gain self-confidence? How to cope with unrequited love? How to overcome life's difficulties? Philosophy teaches that through storm clouds of adversity, the sun's rays always break through. The greatest thinkers with philosophical calm knew how to get out of the most difficult situations, firmly believing that it was possible to overcome circumstances. In this book by Alain de Botton, philosophy becomes the art of living.