Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000)
Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.
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Episode 1 - Seneca on Anger
Release Date: 2000-03-26Seneca 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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Episode 2 - Schopenhauer on Love
Release Date: 2000-04-02German 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.
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Episode 3 - Epicurus on Happiness
Release Date: 2000-04-09Alain 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
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Episode 4 - Montaigne on Self-Esteem
Release Date: 2000-04-16Why 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.
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Episode 5 - Socrates on Self-Confidence
Release Date: 2000-04-30Alain 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
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Episode 6 - Nietzsche on Hardship
Release Date: 2000-05-07Friedrich 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