Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-02-03
Books mentioned on How To Fix Your Negative Patterns - Alain de Botton - #898
Alain de Botton is a philosopher, author, and founder of The School of Life Healing yourself is one of the most transformative journeys you can undertake. From nurturing your inner voice to improving relationships, how can we embrace healing to not only grow personally but also show up better for those around us?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Eliot is widely regarded as a supreme social novel examining provincial English life, human relationships, and moral growth.
Discussed“um you there's a wonderful quote in Middle March George Elliot big fat 19th century novel where she says if we could properly register the sound of the sounds the full sounds of life um we would lose our minds from the full richness of existence”
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His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman is a celebrated fantasy trilogy that follows two children navigating parallel universes, theological conflict, and the transition from innocence to conscious awareness.
Discussed“did you ever read his dark materials by Philip pman no okay uh of children's books ostensibly I guess this was my favorite series when I was a kid”
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The Alchemist
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a philosophical novel about a young Andalusian shepherd boy who travels across the desert in search of a hidden treasure, ultimately learning about destiny and listening to his heart.
Discussed“is you come back to the place where you started the entire story of The Alchemist by Paulo qua”
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a profound collection of personal reflections and Stoic philosophy written by the Roman emperor during his reign.
Discussed“what if I have one book If it's meditations Or if if if it's some ancient Chinese text if if we're looking at some Lau or something you think well that one thing answers everything”
