Publisher's Synopsis
Part of The School of Life's Box Set collection, On Love follows four thinkers as they try to understand love, reason with it - and, ultimately, fall at its feet.
Essays in Love by Alain de Botton charts the progress of a love affair from the first kiss to argument and reconciliation, from intimacy and tenderness to the onset of anxiety and heartbreak.
A Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes examines the language we use when we are in love, arguing that it is not a language we speak. It is a language addressed to ourselves and to our imaginary beloved. It is a language of solitude, of mythology, of what Barthes calls an "image repertoire".
On Love by Stendhal is a profound attempt to rationalize that most complex of emotions - romantic love. Inspired by unrequited passion, he brings together logical, clear-sighted analysis with all-consuming emotion, to most remarkable effect. The result is an astonishing work that bears all the hallmarks of Stendhal's later masterpieces.
Conditions of Love by John Armstrong explores how our perception of love is formed by culture and history by drawing on writers such as Plato, Tolstoy and Freud.
- TIMELESS WISDOM ON LOVE from acclaimed philosophers throughout the ages.
- COLLECTABLE BOX SET of deluxe hardcover editions.
- ESSENTIAL CLASSIC AND MODERN TEXTS curated by The School of Life.
- AWARD-WINNING DESIGN Winner of a Design and Art Direction award: Wood Pencil/Book/Design/Specialist & Limited Edition Books 2016.
