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MOREA Guide to Happiness – Seneca on Anger
[24:14] A practical guide to adopting the principles of the Roman philosopher Lucious Annaeus Seneca (4BC — 65A…
MOREA Guide to Happiness – Epicurus on Happiness
[23:59] Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-270 BC) advocated “friends, freedom and thought” as t…
MOREA Guide to Happiness – Nietzsche on Hardship
[24:02] Alain de Botton explores Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) dictum that any worthwhile achievements …
MOREA Guide to Happiness – Schopenhauer on Love
[24:06] A survey of the 19th century German thinker Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) who believed that love was the mos…
MOREA Guide to Happiness – Montaigne on Self-Esteem
[24:13] Alain de Botton discusses the issue of low self-esteem from the perspective of the French thinker Michel de Mon…
MOREA Guide to Happiness: Socrates on Self-Confidence
[24:13] Alain de Botton shows how the ancient Athenian philosopher Socrates (470-399 BC) can help us acquire all the se…
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[10:22] Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positiv…
MOREDan Ariely: Our buggy moral code
[16:20] Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it’s OK t…
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