Alain De Botton - Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness - Love

De Botton explores love with reference to the work of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who believed it was the most important thing in life. Alain shows how the ideals of a man he calls 'philosophy's Dr Love' explain the mystery of why we fall in love with the people we do. He believes that Schopenhauer's philosophy is particularly consoling to anyone who's been rejected, and he talks it over with Michele Hutchinson, whose boyfriend recently jilted her.