A More Loving World by The School of Life encourages compassion and forgiveness. The modern world is richer, safer and more connected than ever before but it is arguably also a far less loving world than we need or want.This book reminds us of our better natures and mobilises us to fight for the kinder, more loving world we essentially long for at heart.

Throughout, it frames love not as a romantic, idealistic fantasy, but as a hugely serious and dignified force that can save us from meanness and strife, defend us against chaos and usher in hope and courage.

Details

Measures11,6 x 18,8 x 1,9 cm
Counts 176 pages
Features hardcover

The School of Life x Misc Store Amsterdam

Alain de Botton founded The School of Life in 2008. His aim was to make philosophy long seen as the inaccessible, inauthentic stuff of academies and archives a functional aspect of modern life. The care with which ancient philosophers thought about their lives remains a valuable antidote to the generalised anxiety of our era.

The school thus posits that ideas of Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics are as relevant to us today as they were in ancient Greece. Even if Epicurus never had social media burnout, understanding his thinking can lead us to a healthier relationship with , for example, our phones and by extension, with one another.

We began stocking The School of Lifes series on work, gratitude and pleasure as a way of thinking throughmodern day issues. We admire their series for the capacity to stimulate reflection, and their ability to give a new perspective on age old problems. At its core, it is a set of strategies for finding meaning in the modern world so that we can appreciate small pleasures and the things that might go unnoticed.