Philosophy - A Guide to Happiness

  • Premiered: Mar 2000
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 4
  • Ended
  • Channel 4
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 1
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Seneca on Anger
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Mar 26, 2000
De Botton starts with anger and the philosopher Seneca who refused to view anger as an irrational outburst and thought it flowed from our surprise when things do not turn out the way we .. show full overview
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Schopenhauer on Love
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Apr 02, 2000
Surprisingly, perhaps, given how important it is to the rest of us, philosophers haven't tended to talk much about love. An honourable exception was the German philosopher Arthur .. show full overview
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Epicurus on Happiness
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Apr 09, 2000
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. Alain reveals what those things .. show full overview
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Montaigne on Self-Esteem
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Apr 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, who .. show full overview
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Socrates on Self-Confidence
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Apr 30, 2000
Why do so many of us go along with the crowd and fail to stand up for what we truly believe? Partly because we're too easily swayed by other people's opinions - and partly because we .. show full overview
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Nietzche on Hardship
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May 07, 2000
We all face difficulties in our lives. But there's one philosopher who has particularly inspiring advice on how to deal with them. Friedrich Nietzsche believed in a philosophical .. show full overview

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