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 Philosophers
Behaving Badly
Peter
Owen Publishers, 2005, 240pp, 0 7206 1219 5, £13.95
co-authored with
Nigel Rodgers
Now translated and published
in German, Spanish, Finnish, Turkish and Chinese!
‘Excellent. The premise is simple, though I am not aware of it
having been done before, or at least not so well. The authors do
not give us an introduction to philosophy so much as an
introduction to philosophers. Their main aim is to show us what
they were like as people… Any student or beginner reading this
book will want to know more about these extraordinary men.’
Times Higher Educational Supplement.
‘A marvellous little book… brilliantly attests to the fact that
“a life of reason does not necessarily lead to a reasonable
life”.’ Philosophy Now
‘Fascinating and revealing . . . Rodgers and Thompson are to be
congratulated for taking an unholy slant on a holy subject..
should certainly be on any university reading list.’ Birmingham
Post
‘Deeply entertaining… bathing in elevated
Schadenfreude.’ The Catholic Herald
This book provides a
general introduction to the work of following
philosophers, as well as delving into their private
lives:
Roussean - The
Philosopher as Victim
Schopenhaur - The
Rebarbative Bodhisattva
Nietzsche - A Sickly
Ubermensch
Russell - The Mathematics
of Human Behaviour
Wittgenstein - Angst and
Asceticism
Heidegger - Magician,
Predator, Peasant and Nazi
Sartre - Intellectual
Tyranny, Charm and Bad Faith
Foucault - Madness, Sex
and Punishment
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