7.8/1022 votes#1 - Seneca on Anger
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2000
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?
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- 7.5/1021 votes
#2 - Schopenhauer on Love
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/2/2000
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.
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- 8.1/1025 votes
#3 - Epicurus on Happiness
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/9/2000
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
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- 8.1/1023 votes
#4 - Montaigne on Self-Esteem
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2000
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.
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- 8.3/1028 votes
#5 - Socrates on Self-Confidence
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/2000
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
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- 8.3/1024 votes
#6 - Nietzsche on Hardship
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/2000
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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The Best Episodes of Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness Season 1
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Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.
Genre:Documentary
Network:Channel 4
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Seneca on Anger" is the best rated episode of "Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/26/2000. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Schopenhauer on Love".