{"product_id":"great-philosophers-who-failed-at-love-paperback","title":"Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Shaffer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do René 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink your love life is a mess? Wait until you meet the men who wrote the book on wisdom--and failed every test of the heart: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eScandalous History: \u003c\/b\u003e Forget boring dates and dry texts. Discover the affairs, murders, and mishaps the textbooks left out, from the philosopher who strangled his wife to the one exiled for sleeping with an emperor's niece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBiographical Essays: \u003c\/b\u003e Meet the geniuses behind Western thought, like Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who abandoned all five of his children, and Peter Abelard, whose affair with a student ended with his castration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePop Philosophy: \u003c\/b\u003e An accessible and hilarious introduction to the private lives of legends like Sartre, Kant, and Nietzsche, proving that a love of wisdom and being a wise lover are two very different things.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFunny Nonfiction: \u003c\/b\u003e A refreshingly irreverent read that's perfect for anyone who loves history, philosophy, and a healthy dose of schadenfreude at the expense of history's greatest minds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriedrich 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.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean-Paul Sartre: There are of course ugly women, but I prefer those who are pretty. (Adopted his mistress as his daughter.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Althusser: The trouble is there are bodies and, worse still, sexual organs. (Accidentally strangled his wife to death.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd dozens of other great thinkers whose words we revere--but whose romantic decisions we should avoid at all costs.\u003c\/p\u003e--A.J. Jacobs, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriedrich 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.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean-Paul Sartre: \"There are of course ugly women, but I prefer those who are pretty.\" (Adopted his mistress as his daughter.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Althusser: \"The trouble is there are bodies and, worse still, sexual organs.\" (Accidentally strangled his wife to death.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd dozens of other great thinkers whose words we revere--but whose romantic decisions we should avoid at all costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.14 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46850624291001,"sku":"9780061969812","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/CSUosVNboG9780061969812.webp?v=1783819735","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/great-philosophers-who-failed-at-love-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}