Reddit reviews Status Anxiety

I think this video is actually a video form of de Botton's book The Consolations of Philosophy. I own it but have yet to read it but I imagine there might be more in here than the video. I have read one of de Botton's other books called Status Anxiety which is an examination of plausible sources of status anxiety and possible solutions for it. It draws on the work of several philosophers over time.

As unclewangtooth noted in his citation the SEP, most of our info regarding Socrates comes from the Platonic dialogues. However, as stated, there is a general debate about how accurately these actually reflect the real deal. I think it's generally accepted, however, that the first four are more or less accurate representations of Socrates and his beliefs. At least that seems to be the idea they tossed out in my philosophy department. So, if you're interested in learning more, I would check out Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. Don't let the term "Apology" confuse you into thinking he's sorry for his actions. It takes the term from the other definition of a "defense" where we also get the term "apologetics".

A casual talk-through and discussion on Plato's Apology was done by one of my favorite podcasts "The Partially Examined Life". The podcasts are designed to be coherent for people who don't have a background in philosophy so if you're interested in that sort of thing and have about 90 minutes to kill then I recommend checking out Part 1 and Part 2.

Personally, what keeps me going is the fact that I stand alongside YouTuber and professor of philosophy SisyphusRedeemed in the belief that I need not fear failure or being wrong, at least not necessarily. But if you really want to see somebody who was probably a fellow wolf, who did not let himself be brought down by the weight of others' opinions, you should check out Diogenes of Sinope, a contemporary of Plato.

There was a multi-part video posted on YouTube called Status Anxiety which is very good. (HBO took down a set of better quality clips though.)

The Protestant work ethic bit you posted...well, just watch about 5 or 6 minutes of this bishop...pretty revolting.

Also, check out the enormously douchey Grover Norquist too, he's been coming up in a lot of the recent "news" articles. A big neo-conservative anti-tax lobbyist.

The full set of clips are here and they are based on this book by Alain De Botton.

Status Anxiety

you should get her this book for christmas