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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.

• Friedrich Nietzsche: “Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.” (Rejected by everyone he proposed to, even when he kept asking and asking.)

• Louis Althusser: “The trouble is, there are bodies and, worse still, sexual organs.” (Accidentally strangled his wife to death.)

• St. Augustine of Hippo: “Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.” (Let his mother pressure him into dumping his beloved girlfriend/baby mama.)

• Jean-Paul Sartre: “There are of course ugly women, but I prefer those who are pretty.” (Adopted his mistress as his daughter.)

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