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Sartre: The Road to Freedom

OpenM1nd — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:24:07 +0000

“You are responsible for the period of history that you are living in. You have not only the right to choose, but the duty to choose and if you are now surrounded by poverty, war, cruelty – that is what you have chosen.” Sartre was the leading advocate of atheistic existentialism in France but he

Heidegger: Thinking the Unthinkable

OpenM1nd — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:17:11 +0000

German philosopher Martin Heidegger addressed the central question of human existence full on, by examining how human self-awareness depends on concepts of time and death. His preoccupation with ontology – the form of metaphysical inquiry concerned with the study of existence itself – dominated his work. The central idea of his complex Sein und Zeit

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 06 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:33:39 +0000

Episode 6. Nietzsche on Hardship. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. We all face difficulties in our lives. But there’s one philosopher who has particularly inspiring advice on how to deal with them. Friedrich Nietzsche believed in a philosophical version of ‘no pain, no gain’: that any worthwhile achievements in life come from the experience of

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 05 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:31:29 +0000

Episode 5. Socrates on Self-Confidence. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. Why do so many of us go along with the crowd and fail to stand up for what we truly believe? Partly because we’re too easily swayed by other people’s opinions – and partly because we don’t know when to have confidence in our own.

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 04 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:27:56 +0000

Episode 4. Montaigne on Self-Esteem. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. 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, who singled out three main reasons why we might feel bad about ourselves – and

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 03 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:26:39 +0000

Episode 3. Epicurus on Happiness. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. 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. Alain reveals what those things were, in a journey that takes him to the ruins of the ancient city

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 02 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:23:58 +0000

Episode 2. Schopenhauer on Love. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. Surprisingly, perhaps, given how important it is to the rest of us, philosophers haven’t tended to talk much about love. An honourable exception was the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who believed that love was the most important thing in life. Alain shows how the ideals

Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness – Part 01 (2000)

OpenM1nd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:22:35 +0000

Episode 1. Seneca on Anger. Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness. De Botton starts with anger and the philosopher Seneca who refused to view anger as an irrational outburst and thought it flowed from our surprise when things do not turn out the way we expect them to. De Botton puts Seneca’s advice to angry van

Friedrich Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil

OpenM1nd — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:43:34 +0000

A brilliant young man, he was appointed professor at the University of Basel aged 24 having not even finished his degree. His evanescent philosophical life ended 20 years later when he went insane and died shortly afterwards. Nietzsche’s argued that the Christian system of faith and worship was not only incorrect, but harmful to society