“We need objects to remind us of the commitments we've made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we're in danger of losing touch with. Beautiful furniture gives us something to live up to. All designed objects are propaganda for a way of life.”
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"Set good little perfect things around you, you Higher Men! Things whose golden ripeness heals the heart. Perfect things teach hope."
--Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1885)
De Botton's writing, which I often enjoy, never fails to evoke that fine line between emulation and plagiarism.