Philosophers Behaving Badly
Book Details
Author(s)Mel Thompson, Nigel Rodgers
PublisherPeter Owen Publishers
ISBN / ASIN0720612195
ISBN-139780720612196
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,817,053
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
An engaging and often hilarious survey of the far-from-fusty extra-curricular activities of some of philosophy’s finest practitioners
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Philosophers Behaving Badly examines the lives of eight great philosophers—Rousseau, whose views on education and the social order seem curiously at odds with his own outrageous life; Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, two giants of the 19th century whose words seem ever more relevant today; and five immensely influential philosophers of the 20th century, Russell, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Sartre, and Foucault.
