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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

★ 7.6/10•2000•24m•L•Documentary
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Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.

Celia Lowenstein · Director

Alain de Botton · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime24m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 26, 2000

Episodes

Episode 1 - Seneca on AngerE124m

Seneca on Anger

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?

Mar 26, 2000

Episode 2 - Schopenhauer on LoveE224m

Schopenhauer on Love

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.

Apr 2, 2000

Episode 3 - Epicurus on HappinessE324m

Epicurus on Happiness

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

Apr 9, 2000

Episode 4 - Montaigne on Self-EsteemE424m

Montaigne on Self-Esteem

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.

Apr 16, 2000

Episode 5 - Socrates on Self-ConfidenceE524m

Socrates on Self-Confidence

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

Apr 30, 2000

Episode 6 - Nietzsche on HardshipE624m

Nietzsche on Hardship

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

May 7, 2000

Actors

Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton

Himself

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Life, Death and Reincarnation
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Testing God
Intro to Nietzsche
The Philosophy of Science
God, The Bible & Humanity
Maps of Meaning
The Sermon on the Mount
Aristotle: From Logic to Life
Ancient Philosophy
This Emotional Life
States of Mind
The Philosophical Cafe
Ask-Elizabeth
The Real Thing
LIFE BEYOND
Introduction to Philosophy
Ideas of the 20th Century
Churches: How to Read Them
The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts