Monday, 27 February 2012

Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness - Socrates on Self-Confidence

             Why do so many people go along with the crowd and fail to stand up for what they truly believe? 
Partly because they are too easily swayed by other people's opinions and partly because they don't know when to have confidence in their own.
           We tend to accept that people in authority must be right. It’s this assumption that Socrates wanted us to challenge by urging us to think logically about the nonsense they often come out with, rather than being struck dumb by their aura of importance and air of suave certainty.
            Alain de Botton - popular British philosopher - presents six thinkers who have influenced history, and their ideas about the pursuit of the happy life.

Part one -  Socrates on Self-Confidence

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