Philosophers Behaving Badly,9780720612196

Philosophers Behaving Badly

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ISBN13: 9780720612196
ISBN10: 0720612195
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-12-01
Publisher(s): Peter Owen Publishers
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Summary

Those seeking in philosophy a guide For The perplexed should be warned. While philosophy can enlighten, it can also mislead and delude. As Descartes observed, "The greatest souls are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues."This

Author Biography

Nigel Rodgers is a historian and author of several publications, most recently The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome as well as biographies of Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill.

Table of Contents

A Cautionary Note 7(2)
Introduction 9(6)
1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Philosopher as Victim 15(26)
2. Arthur Schopenhauer: The Rebarbative Bodhisattva 41(22)
3. Friedrich Nietzsche: A Sickly libermensch 63(30)
Feature: Nietzsche and Nazism
91(2)
4. Bertrand Russell: The Mathematics of Human Behaviour 93(32)
5. Ludwig Wittgenstein: Anger and Asceticism 125(26)
6. Martin Heidegger: Magician, Predator, Peasant and Nazi 151(30)
Feature: The Héloise Complex
179(2)
7. Jean-Paul Sartre: Intellectual Tyranny, Charm and Bad Faith 181(24)
Feature: Women Philosophers Behaving Badly
203(2)
8. Michel Foucault: Madness, Sex and Punishment 205(22)
Feature: Demetrius, Philosopher King of Athens
225(2)
Postscript 227(2)
Further Reading 229(6)
Index 235

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