Baltasar Gracian

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"Think with the few and speak with the many," "Friends are a second existence," and "Be able to forget" are among this volume's 300 thought-provoking maxims on politics, professional life, and personal development. The author's timeless advice, focusing on honesty and kindness, remains ever popular. A perfect browsing book of mental and spiritual refreshment, it can be opened at random and appreciated either for a few moments or for an extended period.

Le H ros est le premier de tous les ouvrages de Gracian, c'est- -dire et de ceux que nous avons de lui et de ceux qui nous manquent, lesquels sont en plus grand nombre qu'on ne l'a peut- tre cru jusqu'ici. Amelot n'a point appris au public ces pertes consid rables, bien que, dans la Pr face de L'Homme de cour, il pr tende donner une liste compl te de toutes les oeuvres de son auteur. Il n'en compte que trois que nous n'ayons point, et qui sont Avisos al Var n Atento, Galante, Arte para bien morir, n anmoins il s'en trouve dout e dans la Pr face de El Discreto qu'il cite, et dont il oublie ces paroles: muchos faltan, hasta doze. Il est vrai que Lastanosa ne nomme pas ces douze trait s, mais il tait pourtant de l'exactitude d'un traducteur z l , et de la justice due son auteur, que l'un f t conna tre tous les soins et toutes les veilles de l'autre pour le service du public.

Baltasar Graci n, in full Baltasar Graci n y Morales, (born January 8, 1601, Belmonte de Calatayud, Spain--died December 6, 1658, Tarazona), philosopher and writer known as the leading Spanish exponent of conceptism (conceptismo), a style of dealing with ideas that involves the use of terse and subtle displays of exaggerated wit. After studying at Calatayud and Zaragoza, Graci n entered the Jesuit order at the age of 18 and later became rector of the Jesuit college at Tarragona. His early works--El h roe (1637; The Hero), El discreto (1646; The Compleat Gentleman), and El or culo manual y arte de prudencia (1647; The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle)--were largely efforts to educate people in the ethics of worldly life. His literary ideas on conceptism and the art of conceited writing (writing that continually shocks the reader by the use of startling metaphor) were clearly set forth in Agudeza y arte de ingenio (1642, 2nd ed. 1648; "Subtlety and the Art of Genius"). In defiance of his superiors, he published pseudonymously El critic n (1651, 1653, 1657; The Critick), a three-part philosophical novel considered by the 19th-century German pessimistic philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer one of the most important books ever written. In it he examined society from the standpoint of a savage and gave the clearest statement of his pessimistic philosophy with its emphasis on willpower and struggle. (britannica.com)

Baltasar Graci n, in full Baltasar Graci n y Morales, (born January 8, 1601, Belmonte de Calatayud, Spain--died December 6, 1658, Tarazona), philosopher and writer known as the leading Spanish exponent of conceptism (conceptismo), a style of dealing with ideas that involves the use of terse and subtle displays of exaggerated wit. After studying at Calatayud and Zaragoza, Graci n entered the Jesuit order at the age of 18 and later became rector of the Jesuit college at Tarragona. His early works--El h roe (1637; The Hero), El discreto (1646; The Compleat Gentleman), and El or culo manual y arte de prudencia (1647; The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle)--were largely efforts to educate people in the ethics of worldly life. His literary ideas on conceptism and the art of conceited writing (writing that continually shocks the reader by the use of startling metaphor) were clearly set forth in Agudeza y arte de ingenio (1642, 2nd ed. 1648; "Subtlety and the Art of Genius"). In defiance of his superiors, he published pseudonymously El critic n (1651, 1653, 1657; The Critick), a three-part philosophical novel considered by the 19th-century German pessimistic philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer one of the most important books ever written. In it he examined society from the standpoint of a savage and gave the clearest statement of his pessimistic philosophy with its emphasis on willpower and struggle. (britannica.com)

Baltasar Graci n: Handorakel und Kunst der Weltklugheit Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken Erstdruck: Or culo manual y arte de prudencia, 1647. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt. Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschr nkt)

Baltasar Graci n: Handorakel und Kunst der Weltklugheit Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken Erstdruck: Or culo manual y arte de prudencia, 1647. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt. Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschr nkt)