{"product_id":"great-philosophers-who-failed-at-love-9780061969812","title":"Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink your love life is a mess? Wait until you meet the men who wrote the book on wisdom--and failed every test of the heart: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eScandalous History: \u003c\/b\u003e Forget boring dates and dry texts. Discover the affairs, murders, and mishaps the textbooks left out, from the philosopher who strangled his wife to the one exiled for sleeping with an emperor's niece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBiographical Essays: \u003c\/b\u003e Meet the geniuses behind Western thought, like Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who abandoned all five of his children, and Peter Abelard, whose affair with a student ended with his castration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePop Philosophy: \u003c\/b\u003e An accessible and hilarious introduction to the private lives of legends like Sartre, Kant, and Nietzsche, proving that a love of wisdom and being a wise lover are two very different things.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFunny Nonfiction: \u003c\/b\u003e A refreshingly irreverent read that's perfect for anyone who loves history, philosophy, and a healthy dose of schadenfreude at the expense of history's greatest minds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Shaffer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.14h x 5.06w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061969812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/13\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShaffer, Andrew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Shaffer is the author of \u003cem\u003eGreat Philosophers Who Failed at Love\u003c\/em\u003e and, under the pen name Fanny Merkin, \u003cem\u003eFifty Shames of Earl Grey\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing has appeared in such diverse publications as \u003cem\u003eMental Floss\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMaxim\u003c\/em\u003e. An Iowa native, Shaffer lives in Lexington, Kentucky, a magical land of horses and bourbon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45134654079091,"sku":"9780061969812","price":15.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8ce35d74-a8b5-409a-acbe-d7b0f3fab4e4.jpg?v=1782389126","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/great-philosophers-who-failed-at-love-9780061969812","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}