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'Better mad with the crowd than sane all alone' In these witty,
Machiavellian aphorisms, unlikely Spanish priest Baltasar Gracian
shows us how to exploit friends and enemies alike to thrive in a
world of deception and illusion. Introducing Little Black Classics:
80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics
celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with
books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us
from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in
Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the
Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and
intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have
shaped the lives of millions. Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658).
Gracian's work is available in Penguin Classics in The Pocket
Oracle and Art of Prudence.
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.
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El comulgatorio
Baltasar Gracian
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El héroe
Baltasar Gracian
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R465
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This perenially 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, the teachings are strikingly modern in tone and address universal concerns such as friendship, morality, effective leadership, and how to manage one's emotions. The Art of Worldly Wisdom is for anyone seeking to combine ethical behavior with worldly success. This edition includes an introduction by Willis Barnstone, former Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. Barnstone, a noted translator, critic, and poet, explores Gracian's background and places him within his historical and literary context.
Like Sun Tzu's Art of War, Machiavelli's Prince, and Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, Gracian's Art of Worldly Wisdom is one of those rare books that serve as enlightening guides and companions for life.
A unique collection of advice for life, Baltasar Gracian's The
Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence is a philosophical gem, and
perhaps the first 'self-help' book ever written. This Penguin
Classics edition is translated from the Spanish with an
introduction by Jeremy Robbins. Written over 350 years ago, The
Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence is a subtle collection of 300
witty and thought-provoking aphorisms. From the art of being lucky
to the healthy use of caution, these elegant maxims were created as
a guide to life, with further suggestions given on cultivating good
taste, knowing how to refuse, the foolishness of complaining and
the wisdom of controlling one's passions. Baltasar Gracian intended
these ingenious, pragmatic aphorisms to challenge the mind, and
recognised that few would be capable of applying them. In Jeremy
Robbins's introduction to his penetrating new translation, he
examines Gracian's place in Spanish literature and his previous
works. Robbins also looks at the themes, contexts and
contradictions of The Pocket Oracle, as well as the brevity and
subtlety of Gracian's cool-headed aphorisms. This edition also
contains a chronology, suggested further reading and notes.
Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658) was born in Belmonte, Aragon and
entered the Society of Jesus in 1619. Teaching in Jesuit colleges
across the Kingdom of Aragon, he was also at one time confessor to
the viceroy of Aragon and chaplain to the Spanish army. But it is
as one of the great Spanish stylists and moralists that he is best
known. He wrote a series of short moral tracts marked by their
elliptical, epigrammatic style, as well as a three volume
allegorical novel, The Critic (1651-57). Published in 1647, The
Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence influenced the vogue for the form
in France, and was quickly translated into the major European
languages. If you enjoyed The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence,
you might like La Rochefoucauld's Maxims, also available in Penguin
Classics.
This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.
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