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An engaging and often hilarious survey of the far-from-fusty extra-curricular activities of some of philosophy’s finest practitioners Philosophers Behaving Badly examines the lives of eight great philosophers—Rousseau, whose views on education and the social order seem curiously at odds with his own outrageous life; Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, two giants of the 19th century whose words seem ever more relevant today; and five immensely influential philosophers of the 20th century, Russell, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Sartre, and Foucault.
- Sales Rank: #502457 in eBooks
- Published on: 2004-12-01
- Released on: 2004-12-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author
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.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
A Philosophical Scandal Sheet
By Arthur Maglin
Many philosophers have a bunch of skeletons in their closet that make for good gossip. The authors have shown that recounting these scandals can be an entertaining way to introduce us to their philosophical ideas. Their premise is that philosophers should live up to their ideas--which sounds very high-minded. Their sensationalistic tone suggests that they are not so high-minded as all that themselves. Further, they are a little to ready to tell the scandalous version of various events and don't give a really as balanced account of their subjects as they could. Still, the book is informative and a great deal of fun.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Worthwhile subject material, sub-par presentation.
By Michael Roy
One should always ask of a philosopher whether he actually lived, or tried to live, what he propounded. As William James said, ideas are only worth their "cash values," their daily and empirical utility, and if you're not willing to act on an idea, then you don't really believe it. Thus, despite the book's silly cover, I anticipated that it might contain a useful investigation into exactly this question - how well did eight of the most important philosophers of past centuries measure up to their ideals?
The book definitely has its good points, and is at its best when pointing out that the philosophers in question often, rather hypocritically, committed the same errors for which they chastised others. Particularly worth reading are the chapters on Rousseau (who, despite his disdain for the wealthy, consistently sought the financial aid of aristocrats) and Sartre (who, despite his claims to be living an exemplary and authentic life, clearly exhibited "bad faith" in his relations with Camus and with the Soviet Union).
However, I'm still hesitant to praise the book as a whole. Partially for aesthetic reasons: bland and simplistic writing and stylistic tropes that should have been weeded out in a freshman composition class permeate the book, and the authors and editors missed out on several incoherent sentences and grammatical slip-ups. Partially for structural reasons: certain paragraphs come out of the blue and lead to nowhere, and some sentences appear at random and bear no significant relation to the argument at hand. And partially for what might be called "personal" reasons: the authors put on a very noticeable air of superiority, often tossing in sentences that display their erudition and their ability to superficially reference a broad range of events and ideas, even if they have no bearing on the subject matter. Finally, their jokes usually aren't funny, even when they try to spice them up with exclamation points!
It is this final issue, or rather a matter tangential to it, that bothered me the most. The authors constantly, if subtly, ridicule and deprecate qualities of these men without adequately explaining why they are doing so. This is especially true in discussions of sexuality. Whether Foucault's deviancy or Sartre's prolific love life is the subject, the authors often make use of quick quips (and exclamation points, as noted above) in order to degrade the philosophers without too much serious argument. They never explicitly state the standard of conduct which allows them to state that Foucault should not have participated in the 1970s San Francisco bathhouse culture. Thus, I found the book to be largely anti-philosophical, always accepting common-sense notions of good and bad and right and wrong, even while discussing philosophers who so greatly opposed such facile evaluations.
The book has other problems, as well. Its arguments about and explanations of the philosophers' "bad" behavior often rest on crude and un-nuanced psychological theory (to my knowledge, neither author has a degree in psychology). It's possible that the authors have correctly interpreted the actions of these philosophers; but they do so without going into much detail, happy to proclaim that Sartre could not maintain healthy relations with women because his father died while he was young. This sort of overly vague causality usually has little explanatory power and fails to add much to our understanding of the philosophers.
Finally, despite the presence of a somewhat apologetic postscript in which the authors try to rescue the men discussed by reaffirming their importance to the western philosophical tradition, the authors, for the most part, avoid any evaluation of the ideas offered by their subjects. In part, this is understandable, for, as the title implies, the book is about the men and not their ideas. However, the authors spend a fair amount of time presenting succinct and superficial summaries of the philosophies, mostly in order to later reduce them to some sort of manifestation of psychological troubles; they appear more interested in the way that philosophy can generate good gossip than in the way that philosophy can guide lives. Though the authors end the book claiming that "an appreciation of their fallibility may encourage us - however aware we may be of our own follies and limitations - to dare to think beyond ourselves," the overwhelming bulk of the book seems to be geared, not toward developing a greater honesty or authenticity within philosophy, but toward exposing the social ineptitude and deviancy of these intellectual giants. Exposing hypocrisy and inconsistency are noble and worthwhile motives; chattering about those who refused to fit in, on the other hand, amounts to much less. Unfortunately, in its attempt at the former, the book often falls into the latter.
A decent read if you want to know more about the lives of some very important thinkers, and especially good for details that might not come out in more adulating biographies. Don't expect any particularly enlightening insights or observations, though, and beware the authors' (perhaps unintentional) psychologically reductive take on philosophy.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
The Imperfections of Philosophers
By bronx book nerd
This book looks at the individual lives of selected philosophers and points out their foibles and moral shortcomings, highlighting those that are in conflict with or contradict their teachings. For example, in Rousseau we see a man who professed to be for the common man but preferred the life of luxury supplied by his patrons. In Bertrand Russell we are presented with someone who stood up for the higher values of peace for all mankind, even going to jail for his positions, while on the other hand seeming to care very little about the multiple women with whom he slept. The same could be said for Jean Paul Sartre, who required of individuals to create their own reality by making acts in good faith, all the while seeming a slave to his sexual passions. The flaws and foibles are all interesting, sometimes cast as contributing to the particular philosopher's work, but the strength of the book is in elucidating each philosopher's teaching. Understandably, each philosopher's work gets only a modicum of coverage, but there is enough on each to build a basic foundation of their teaching. The naughty bits definitely spice up the narrative.
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