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Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love

Published by Harper Perennial

Mar 28, 2011 Web Exclusive By Alison Freeman Bookmark and Share


Looking for the perfect gift? How, exactly, you may ask yourself, would a book describing the spectacularly failed love lives of famous philosophers show someone how much you care? You could give it to comfort a lovelorn friend (“Hey, you may suck at love, but at least you didn’t get castrated by a vengeful uncle!” [as Abelard regrettably did]); to make yourself look good (“Hey, honey, I may have forgotten our anniversary, but I least I didn’t accidentally strangle you!” [as Althusser even more regrettably did]); or simply as an ego boost (“Hey, at least I can wait until I get home to masturbate!” [as Diogenes the Cynic could not]). Told with a dry wit and killing quotations from the philosophers in question, this book contains tragic, hilarious (tragically hilarious? hilariously tragic?), and often dumbfounding vignettes of some of the world’s greatest thinkers and their relationships. This is a quick, enormously enjoyable read that proves brains and love have very little to do with each other. (www.greatphilosophersbook.com)

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