Alain de Botton is the author of The Course of Love. To fall in love with someone feels like such a personal and spontaneous process, it can sound strange—and even rather insulting—to suggest that ...

Alain de Botton is the founder and Chairman of The School of Life. He is the best-selling author of The News: A User's Manual and, most recently, The Course of Love. To fall in love with someone feels ...

Romanticism describes the era of the 19th century in which artists and poets strove for individuality and originality instead of conformity. Romantics rejected the traditional aesthetic values of the ...

NEW YORK — There’s a reason the terms “romantic” and “romanticism” are so often preceded by the adjective “hopeless.” Romantics want to lose their identity in something bigger and deeper. But identity ...

PARIS — With the bloody revolutions of the late 1700s, the mood in Europe was apprehensive and brooding about the future. Perhaps then it’s no surprise that the art from that time has a certain ...

This is the story of educational romanticism in elementary and secondary schools —its rise, its etiology, and, we have reason to hope, its approaching demise. Educational romanticism consists of the ...

Jedidiah 'Jedi' Alex Koh is the Founder of Coaching Changes Lives, Asia's leading Coaching Firm Specializing in Team Leadership Development. With the exponentially complex and unpredictable world we ...

In art, there have been many eras, ages, and phases. Be it the Dutch Golden Age, or the Renaissance era, every art style has given the world masterpieces that are appreciated even today. But, like ...

Steve Jobs died a year ago October 5th, and we can expect his ghost to appear in any number of recollections and assessments as the anniversary approaches. I'd like to talk here about a spirit that ...