Alain De Botton

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1,037 appearances 5 recordings 5 series first heard Jan 2024 last heard 1 Jul

Alain De Botton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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It's like, I'm really good at love, but I need the right person.

But Christianity says something else, something more interesting.

It basically says...

If you know about love, you could love anyone, even like a leper.

So imagine you're on Tinder and like you're swiping left and right in the search for the perfect person.

And suddenly there is a leper with like half an arm and an eye dangling out.

And, you know, the Christian command would be love that person.

See what you can do with that person.

And I think if you can do that or even a bit of that,

you're starting to understand what love is.

And that gives you the sense of the real ambition behind the act of love.

Well, you know, I think... Look, I forgive Tolstoy a lot, but obviously it would be pretty tough to be his wife.

Yes, very tough.

Very tough.

And, you know, look, at least he had the theory right.

The practice was another thing.

I wouldn't say that he's so much a hypocrite, but I think he's a very flawed person that was trying to advance to something good.

I think so too, actually.

Well, I think, you know, many people say things like jealousy is just something that's made up.

It's a kind of capitalist emotion.

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