Genius of Lies

Is it a contradiction, a lie, a madness, a freedom to affirm a theory and live the opposite?

Rousseau writes a treatise on education thanks to the abandonment of his five children, Kierkegaard composes religious texts while living as a libertine, Beauvoir founds the philosophy of feminism while enjoying a servile relationship with her American lover, Foucault exalts the courage of truth and organiz...