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Channel 4 2000 1 season 6 eps L Ended

Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

2000 1 season 6 eps L

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Season 1

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Season 1

25 min

S1 · E1 · Mar 26, 2000

Seneca on Anger Episode 1

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?

7.7 · You

25 min

S1 · E2 · Apr 2, 2000

Schopenhauer on Love Episode 2

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.

7.5 · You

25 min

S1 · E3 · Apr 9, 2000

Epicurus on Happiness Episode 3

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

7.8 · You

25 min

S1 · E4 · Apr 16, 2000

Montaigne on Self-Esteem Episode 4

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.

7.8 · You

25 min

S1 · E5 · Apr 30, 2000

Socrates on Self-Confidence Episode 5

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

7.9 · You

25 min

S1 · E6 · May 7, 2000

Nietzsche on Hardship Episode 6

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

8.0 · You

6 episodes in Season 1

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Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.

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Cast

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Alain de Botton

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Celia Lowenstein Director · Alain de Botton Writer · Roy Ackerman Executive producer

Director

Celia Lowenstein

Writer

Alain de Botton

Executive producer

Roy Ackerman

Total runtime 2h 24m · Episode length 24 min · Type Documentary

Show info

Premiered

March 26, 2000

Final episode

May 7, 2000

Status

Ended

Network

Channel 4

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Documentary

Episode length

24 min

Total runtime

2h 24m

Original language

English

Production

United Kingdom

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Spoken on screen

English

Some details come from TheTVDB.

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