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Baroque philosopher Balthasar Gracian's The Art of Worldly Wisdom
consists of three hundred maxims spanning a wide range of topics
relating to all aspects of life and human behavior. Gracian was a
Spanish Jesuit Priest whose sermons and writings were disapproved
of by his superiors. Admired by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche for the
depth and subtlety of his observations, Gracian's collection of
pithy insights deserves place alongside similar classic manuals of
self-improvement from antiquity like the Enchiridion of Epictetus
and Seneca's Letters.
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Uriel's Gift
(Hardcover)
Spellman Edward John Spellman; Edited by Daniels Lauren Elise Daniels
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R674
Discovery Miles 6 740
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This complete edition of the Corpus Hermeticum, which introduces in
eighteen chapters the religious and philosophical principles of
Hermetics, was translated by G. R. S. Mead. Hermetics is a
religious, philosophical, and esoteric practice based around the
beliefs and writings of the pagan priest Hermes Trismegistus.
Influential for its distinct beliefs and characteristics,
Hermeticism carried a profound influence over the Renaissance in
Europe. Many Christian believers paid it heed, with much art
depicting the Hermetic belief system appearing between the 14th and
17th centuries in particular. Notably, Hermetics claims to be a
descended version of the prisca theologia - a principle which
affirms there is but one, true theology in the world. This essence
of the divine is present in all religions, and was according to
legend given to mankind in distant antiquity. This belief,
discussed by Hermes Trismegistus, has led many scholars of
philosophy and religion to examine Hermetics in detail.
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