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The Art of Worldly Wisdom

by Baltasr Gracian

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This perennially popular book of advice on how to achieve personal and professional success is valued for its timeless insights on how to make one's way in the world. Written in the seventeenth century by a Spanish Jesuit scholar, these teachings are strikingly modern in tone and address universal concerns such as friendship, morality, managing emotions, and effective leadership. The Art of Worldly Wisdom is for anyone seeking to combine ethical behavior with worldly success.

This edition of The Art of Worldly Wisdom includes an informative introduction by Willis Barnstone, Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. Barnstone, a noted translator, critic, and poet, explores Gracián's background and places him within his historical and literary context.

Synopsis:

The remarkable best-seller — a long-lost, 300-year-old book of wisdom on how to live successfully yet responsibly in a society governed by self-interest — as acute as Machiavelli yet as humanistic and scrupulously moral as Marcus Aurelius.

Synopsis:

Written in the seventeenth century by a Spanish Jesuit, this timeless collection of maxims addresses universal concerns such as friendship, morality, and effective leadership.

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About the Author

Baltasar Gracián was an aphorist, imaginary biographer, and novelist, who published studies of ideal figures and handbooks on the arts of rhetoric and comportment. His books include The Hero, Shrewdness and the Art of the Artist, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, and The Master Critic. Many high officials felt attacked by the controversial and critical works of this Jesuit priest-professor. Gracián refused to be censored, and was eventually confined to solitary house arrest, where he died.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781590301418

Translator:

Jacobs, Joseph

Introduction:

Barnstone, Willis

Translator:

Jacobs, Joseph

Introduction:

Barnstone, Willis

Author:

Jacobs, Joseph

Author:

Gracian, Baltasar

Author:

Gracian y. Morales, Baltasar

Author:

Barnstone, Willis

Publisher:

Shambhala

Subject:

General

Subject:

Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Subject:

Maxims

Subject:

General Philosophy

Copyright:

2004

Series:

Shambhala Library

Publication Date:

20040309

Binding:

Hardback

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

208

Dimensions:

6.82x4.64x.78 in. .55 lbs.

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Product details 208 pages Shambhala Publications - 2013-05-12 English 9781590301418 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Ingram, The remarkable best-seller — a long-lost, 300-year-old book of wisdom on how to live successfully yet responsibly in a society governed by self-interest — as acute as Machiavelli yet as humanistic and scrupulously moral as Marcus Aurelius.

"Synopsis" by Gardners, Written in the seventeenth century by a Spanish Jesuit, this timeless collection of maxims addresses universal concerns such as friendship, morality, and effective leadership.