I've heard people that consider philosophy to be a useless pursuit, but I think this stems from a misunderstanding of what philosophy is about. It's broken down to mean the love of knowledge, but I think in practice it's proved to be the pursuit of happiness. Not necessarily happiness itself, but a much more altruistic endeavor, the pursuit of how to be happy.
Understanding this theory, film-maker Alain de Bottom put together a very short 6 part series (each piece is 24 minutes long) that describes the ideas of renouned philosophers in a very modern, easily understandable way, and in doing so pursues a very simple concept; how does one find happiness? From Socrates to Nietzsche, each piece is full of easily accesible techniques and concepts to improve confidence, self-esteem, clarity and enjoyment.
Check it out: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/philosophy-guide-to-happiness/
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