British-Swiss author who has built a career making philosophy accessible to general audiences — applying philosophical traditions to modern anxieties about status, work, relationships, and travel — and founding The School of Life.
Created the modern model of popular philosophy-as-practical-self-help — taking Stoic, Epicurean, and other philosophical frameworks and applying them to specific modern conditions (anxiety, envy, heartbreak) — making philosophy feel personally relevant.
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