Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love

Although nearly everyone "fails at love" to some degree, few have failed as spectacularly as the great philosophers. While we revere their wisdom, history is in fact littered with the romantic failures of the most sensible men and women of every age. If only they had taken their own advice! Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love paints brief but entertaining portraits of nearly forty great thinkers whose words we repeat—but whose decisions we should avoid at all costs.