Speaker

Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton is a philosopher, author, and founder of The School of Life. Known for works such as The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists, and The Course of Love, his writing explores how ancient wisdom can guide us through the complexities of modern existence.

Alain de Botton is a philosopher, author, and founder of The School of Life. Known for works such as The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists, and The Course of Love, his writing explores how ancient wisdom can guide us through the complexities of modern existence.

More Videos

Barry C. Smith,Christopher Hamilton,Raymond Tallis,Havi Carel,Zoe Williams

The Agony & the Ecstasy

Zoe Williams,Simon Baron-Cohen,Rebecca Roache,Peter Dews

The Problem of Evil

Julian Baggini,Peter Tatchell,David Miller,Natalie Cargill

Morality of the Tribe

Terry Eagleton,Susan Neiman,Janne Teller,Stephen de Wijze

The Lure of Lucifer

Julian Baggini,Angie Hobbs,John Millbank,Christopher Hamilton

Our Sins and Our Selves

Hilary Lawson,Paul Boghossian,Naomi Goulder,Michael Ruse

The Mystery of the Good

Hilary Lawson,Phillip Blond,Myriam Francois

The Really Real

Hilary Lawson,Brendan O'Neill,Naomi Goulder,Sam Roddick,Sameer Rahim

The Good, The Bad, and the Controversial

Finn Mackay,Myriam Francois,Leena Nair,Elif Safak

Rethinking Feminism

Hilary Lawson,Simone Schnall,Rae Langton,Joel Robbins

Being Human and Being Good

Rebecca Goldstein

Why Philosophy Won't Go Away

Julian Baggini,Rupert Sheldrake,Nicholas Humphrey,Shahidha Bari,Richard Harries

Is Religion Dangerous?

Stephen Batchelor

After Buddhism

Shaun Ley,Darren Langdridge,Liz Kelly,Teresa Morgan

The Last Taboo

Anders Sandberg,Eliane Glaser,Simon Baron-Cohen,Peter Dews

Doing Right and Feeling Good

Stanley Fish,Philip Collins,Myriam Francois,Roger Bolton

Thinking Good and Doing Evil

On Evil

Danielle Sands,Christopher Hamilton,John Millbank,Patricia MacCormack

Trouble with Heaven

Mary Midgley,Roger Bolton,Peter Singer

On Humans and Animals

Matthew Stone,Hilary Lawson,Raymond Tallis,Jake Chapman

Dancing with the Devil

Rupert Sheldrake

Rethinking Science and Spirituality

Can Animals Be Moral?

Myriam Francois,Anthony Gottlieb,Linda Woodhead,Julian Baggini

Reason and the Gods

Afua Hirsch,Scott Atran,Pavan Dhaliwal

New Gods

The Fountain

Vishvapani Blomfeld

Morality and Mindfulness

Margaret Heffernan

How to See Things Clearly

The Death of God and the War On Terror

Janet Radcliffe-Richards

Ethics, Darwin and Dante

Good and Evil Around the Globe

Jonathan Derbyshire,Stephen Law,Madawi Al-Rasheed,John Milbank

Belief and the Gods

The Myth of Being Happy

Alister McGrath

Science and Religion

John Harris,Clare Carlisle,Richard Coles,Naomi Goulder

In Place of Prejudice

Death and the Human Animal

Samantha Roddick

God is an Orgasm

Peter Curran,Rae Langton,Tom Sorell,Sophie Van Der Zee

Of Lies and Necessity

Angela Saini,Stephen Law,Colin Tudge,Eileen Barker

Return of the Pagans

Angela Saini,Colin Tudge,Oliver Scott Curry,Tom Sorell

Moral Animals and Our Place in the Universe

The Point of It All

The Age of Nothing

Mark Rowlands,Pavan Dhaliwal,Sally Green,Camila Batmanghelidjh

The Banality of Evil

Rana Mitter,AL Kennedy,Nicholas Humphrey,Pascal Bruckner

Life's Secret

Christopher Hamilton,John Harris,Roger Bolton,Molly Crockett

Beyond Good and Evil II

Joanna Kavenna,Hilary Lawson,Parashkev Nachev,Katie Derham

True to Myself

Renata Salecl,Rowan Williams,Robert Rowland Smith,Michael Crick

A Tale of Love and Hate

Finn Mackay,Steve Hewlett,Julian Le Grand,Neel Mukherjee

Competition versus Cooperation

Marcel Theroux,Sean Curran,Sarah Chan,John Sauven

Morality, Cruelty and Freedom

Caspar Melville,Rupert Read,Benny Peiser,Alastair McIntosh

In the Beginning was Nature

Gerald Moore,Harry Eyres,Val Curtis

Purity and Dirt