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 <em>If Aristotle Ran General Motors</em><br /><br />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.<br />