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Baltasar Gracián
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Baltasar Gracián y Morales, better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit priest and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragón). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. He is best known for his book The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647), but his novel El Criticón (1651-57) is considered his greatest work.
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Birth
1604
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1658
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit priest and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragón). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. He is best known for his book The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647), but his novel El Criticón (1651-57) is considered his greatest work.
Baltasar Gracián was a prominent Jesuit writer and philosopher born in the Aragonese town of Belmonte.
He published most of his works under the pseudonym Lorenzo Gracián, attributing them to a supposed brother.
His masterpiece, El Criticón, stands as one of the pinnacles of Spanish Baroque prose.
Throughout his life, he served as a university professor, preacher, and Catholic priest.
His work focused on moral philosophy, maxims of conduct, and the art of living with prudence.
