Twenty-first century depictions of love and marriage are shaped by a set of Romantic myths and misconceptions and with his trademark warmth and wit, Alain de Botton explores the complex landscape of a modern relationship, presenting a realistic case study for marriage and examining what it might mean to love, to be loved - and to stay in love. Alain de Botton is an internationally renowned philosopher, television presenter and author of international best sellers Essays in Love, How Proust Can Change Your Life and Status Anxiety. In this talk, he discusses his stunning new novel The Course of Love, a philosophical novel about modern relationships. http://sydneyoperahouse.com/ideas Subscribe and find more videos from Ideas at the House: http://www.youtube.com/ideasatthehouse Get a new talk every week on our podcast: Audio - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/sydney-opera-house-ideas-at/id640445035 Video - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/sydney-opera-house-ideas-at/id640444896 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/IdeasAtTheHouse Twitter - https://twitter.com/ideasatthehouse

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1. This audience would laugh at any sentence, eventhough it was not intended as a joke. fck is wrong with them.
2. i wonder how many spiders are hiding in that hall
3. hes not human.
4. 1:08:10 Ah, how great if one could always steer every rational argument to such a surprising hilarious and ecstatically-received denouement. Perfect timing! Notice how late the audience realises that a funny moment is up ahead - the deadpan build-up to the climax couldn't've been structured better.
5. Literally, holy shit. I think I'm not agnostic anymore since I believe that I just heard God.
6. Truth! love the part about the towels, loved everything about this talk. "Death has a curious relationship with love in the romantic sense of view.." "A moment to enforce love, through the help of nature."
7. this man is a brilliant a comedian on top of everything else!
8. while I don't agree with everything, thank you for teaching me!
9. There's a great scene in "North Dallas Forty", where the quarterback tells one of the players who asked him for advice, "I told you, son, lying can be really great for a relationship!" :)
10. love is strange chemistry
11. This is pure brilliance!
12. What we conceive as LOVE is just Attachment. Love is not jealousy is not possessiveness is not dependence. LOVE is something we never felt or experience because we are condition to be "romantics".
13. Really enjoyed this lecture and it helps me a lot. And also he is very cute ~
14. Love deconstructed and understood. Brilliant!
15. genious
16. this is inspiring !
17. Alain, you are an amazing speaker! I really enjoy listening this!!
18. Amazing eye opener! Thank you, Alain!
19. Great lessons. Thx
20. Brilliant, humorous, expansive perspective on the truth of the often misused/misunderstood word, love.