- SKU: 9780061969812
- BARCODE: 9780061969812
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Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love - Paperback
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by Andrew Shaffer (Author)
"Amazing stories Incredible quotes Sordid details This book shows that a genius in the realm of thought can be a dummy in the land of love." -- Tom Morris, author of If Aristotle Ran General Motors
What do Ren Descartes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Jean-Paul Sartre have in common? That's right: they were all hopeless failures when it came to romance. Author Andrew Shaffer explores the paradox at the core of Western philosophical thought--that history's greatest thinkers were also the most pathetic lovers to ever walk the earth. With razor-sharp wit and probing insight, Shaffer shows how it's the philosophers' missteps, as much as their musings, that are able to truly boggle the intellect.
Front Jacket
Few people have failed at love as spectacularly as the great philosophers. Although we admire their wisdom, history is littered with the romantic failures of the most sensible men and women of every age, including:
Friedrich Nietzsche: Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent. (Rejected by everyone he proposed to, even when he kept asking and asking.)
Jean-Paul Sartre: There are of course ugly women, but I prefer those who are pretty. (Adopted his mistress as his daughter.)
Louis Althusser: The trouble is there are bodies and, worse still, sexual organs. (Accidentally strangled his wife to death.)
And dozens of other great thinkers whose words we revere--but whose romantic decisions we should avoid at all costs.
--A.J. Jacobs, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-AllBack Jacket
Few people have failed at love as spectacularly as the great philosophers. Although we admire their wisdom, history is littered with the romantic failures of the most sensible men and women of every age, including:
Friedrich Nietzsche: "Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." (Rejected by everyone he proposed to, even when he kept asking and asking.)
Jean-Paul Sartre: "There are of course ugly women, but I prefer those who are pretty." (Adopted his mistress as his daughter.)
Louis Althusser: "The trouble is there are bodies and, worse still, sexual organs." (Accidentally strangled his wife to death.)
And dozens of other great thinkers whose words we revere--but whose romantic decisions we should avoid at all costs.
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