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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness : Season 1
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Air date: 26 Mar '00 - 6 episodesAlain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.
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List of Episodes (6)
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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000)
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1. Seneca on Anger
26 Mar '00Seneca 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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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000)
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2. Schopenhauer on Love
02 Apr '00German 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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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000)
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3. Epicurus on Happiness
09 Apr '00Alain 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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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000)
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4. Montaigne on Self-Esteem
16 Apr '00Why 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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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000)
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5. Socrates on Self-Confidence
30 Apr '00Alain 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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Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000)
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6. Nietzsche on Hardship
07 May '00Friedrich 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
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