10 philosophers with complex views on love

Philosophers aren't known for their love lives, but a few have managed to be tragic romantics anyway.

Philosophers aren't particularly renowned for having successful love lives, but some have become hopeless romantics — and others misanthropes. Here we have 10 philosophers who have written on or been heavily influenced by love in both their work and their personal lives.

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3 Brilliant Polymaths, and the Advice They Left Behind

Polymaths are people who have excelled in diverse pursuits, and several of those polymaths left us with some very practical advice on how to succeed.

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Humans don't want happiness above all, argued Nietzsche

The philosopher believed we craved for something less pleasant.

Nietzsche, towards the end of his not entirely happy life.
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