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  • 2000-03-26T00:00:00Z on Channel 4
  • 24m
  • 2h 24m (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2000-03-26T00:00:00Z

1x01 Seneca on Anger

Series Premiere

1x01 Seneca on Anger

  • 2000-03-26T00:00:00Z24m

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?

2000-04-01T23:00:00Z

1x02 Schopenhauer on Love

1x02 Schopenhauer on Love

  • 2000-04-01T23:00:00Z24m

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.

2000-04-08T23:00:00Z

1x03 Epicurus on Happiness

1x03 Epicurus on Happiness

  • 2000-04-08T23:00:00Z24m

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

2000-04-15T23:00:00Z

1x04 Montaigne on Self-Esteem

1x04 Montaigne on Self-Esteem

  • 2000-04-15T23:00:00Z24m

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.

1x05 Socrates on Self-Confidence

  • 2000-04-29T23:00:00Z24m

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

2000-05-06T23:00:00Z

1x06 Nietzsche on Hardship

1x06 Nietzsche on Hardship

  • 2000-05-06T23:00:00Z24m

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

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