The Subliminal Mr Dunn Decides To Improve Himself

  It's never too late to get to grips with philosophy, although where I come from it never figured prominently in the school or university agenda. The nearest we got to it in my time was something called Political Thought. Anyway, I thought it was time to tackle the heavy stuff, i.e. the philosophers themselves, and I chose a French book called Les Philosophes Expliquent Pourquoi, kindly given to me by Rénald.
I started off with Schopenhauer, Kant and Nieztsche but gradually found myself taking a greater interest in their lives than their thoughts, just as I have always been more drawn to the history of art than to art itself. In other words my trivial turn of mind has always steered clear of the heavy lifting.