![]() ![]() ![]() Tippett: So we did speak a few years ago, but on a very different topic, and I’m really excited to be speaking with you about this subject, which is so close to every life. He first became known for his book How Proust Can Change Your Life. Tippett: I’m Krista Tippett, and this is On Being.Īlain de Botton is the founder and chairman of The School of Life, a gathering of courses, workshops, and talks on meaning and wisdom for modern lives, with branches around the world. The course of true love is rocky and bumpy at the best of times, and the more generous we can be towards that flawed humanity, the better chance we’ll have of doing the true hard work of love. And it requires forbearance, generosity, imagination, and a million things besides. I’m glad to offer up the anchoring truths he tells amidst a pandemic that has stretched all of our sanity - and tested the mettle of love in every home and relationship.Īlain de Botton: Love is something we have to learn and we can make progress with, and that it’s not just an enthusiasm, it’s a skill. As people and as a culture, he says, we would be much saner and happier if we reexamined our very view of love. Krista Tippett, host: Alain de Botton’s essay “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person” is one of the most-read articles in The New York Times of recent years, and this is one of the most popular episodes we’ve ever created. ![]()
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