Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love

“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 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.

• Author
• Andrew Shaffer

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 208

• Publisher
• Harper Perennial

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-06-196981-2

• EAN
• 9780061969812

• Genres
• philosophy, biography, history, humor, religion, romance

• Release date
• 2011