Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love: The Paradox of Brilliant Minds and Pathetic Romantics in Western Thought
Book Details
Author(s)Shaffer, Andrew
PublisherHarper Perennial
ISBN / ASIN0061969818
ISBN-139780061969812
CategoryPhilosophy
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
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.)
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