Series
Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness
Documentary
Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.
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Seasons & episodes
1Seneca on Anger26 Mar 2000 · 24mSeneca 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?
2Schopenhauer on Love2 Apr 2000 · 24mGerman 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.
3Epicurus on Happiness9 Apr 2000 · 24mAlain 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
4Montaigne on Self-Esteem16 Apr 2000 · 24mWhy 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.
5Socrates on Self-Confidence30 Apr 2000 · 24mAlain 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
6Nietzsche on Hardship7 May 2000 · 24mFriedrich 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
Details
- First aired
- 26 Mar 2000
- Last aired
- 7 May 2000
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 9 on TMDB
Cast
Alain de BottonHimself
