Alain de Botton
Himself
Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000)
Season 1
Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.
Released March 26, 2000
Episode 24 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.philosophy, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, tmdb.self-help, imdb.philosopher, imdb.happiness, imdb.philosophy
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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?
March 26, 2000, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
April 2, 2000, midnight
S1E3 - 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
April 9, 2000, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
April 16, 2000, midnight
S1E5 - 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
April 30, 2000, midnight
S1E6 - 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, midnight
Network: Channel 4
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Season Runtime: 144 min.
Released: March 26, 2000
Last Air Date: May 7, 2000, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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