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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000)

March. 26,2000

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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.

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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

2000

Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2000

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Seneca on Anger

March. 26,2000

Seneca believed anger flowed from our surprise when things don't turn out how we expect. Can Seneca's advice help angry van driver Wayne and stressed executive Venetia?

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Your Friends & Neighbors

CODA

The Gorge

Eternity

Episode 2 - Schopenhauer on Love

April. 02,2000

German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer believed that love was the most important thing in life. His philosophy explains the mystery of why we fall in love with the people we do.

Episode 3 - Epicurus on Happiness

April. 09,2000

Alain De Botton considers how the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus believed there were just three simple things we needed in order to be happy, and money wasn't one of them

Episode 4 - Montaigne on Self-Esteem

April. 16,2000

Why do so many people suffer from feelings of low self-esteem? Alain De Botton looks at the problem through the eyes of the French 16th-century philosopher Michel de Montaigne.

Episode 5 - Socrates on Self-Confidence

April. 30,2000

Alain demonstrates that ancient Athenian philosopher Socrates can help give us all the intellectual self-confidence we need to work out what we really think and believe

Episode 6 - Nietzsche on Hardship

May. 07,2000

Friedrich Nietzsche believed that any worthwhile achievements in life come from the experience of overcoming hardship, and that a comfortable, painless existence wouldn't be worth living

Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.