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<h2 class="entry-hint-parent">The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
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<p>Check it out on Goodreads
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The School of Life - a massively popular YouTube channel - used to be this source of solace in some turbulent times of my college life. It is not something that you’d think would be cheerful and uplifting - a quick glance at some of the most popular videos of the channel would include titles such as “Why we go cold on our partners”, “Why you will marry the wrong person” etc....</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2019-02-14 20:21:45 +0530 IST'>🗓 February 14, 2019</span> · 3 min · 🔖 <a href="/tags/fiction"> fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/relationship"> relationship</a></footer>
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<p>Preamble Philosophy has always been one of those baffling things that entice you at first by its simplicity, but as you get sucked into it more and more, you find yourself searching for the end of this labyrinthine landscape. I had my first exposure to anything related to philosophy in my second year of college when I stumbled upon The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. At the time, it was one of the fascinating books I had ever read....</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2019-01-21 14:39:14 +0530 IST'>🗓 January 21, 2019</span> · 7 min · 🔖 <a href="/tags/philosophy"> philosophy</a> · <a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/existentialism"> existentialism</a></footer>
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