Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love

By Andrew Shaffer

Book Overview

"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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B006W3ZJLY
• ISBN13: 9780061969812
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.1"