by Baltasar Gracián · Editorial Ariel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434400962
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«El arte de la prudencia» is Baltasar Gracián's book of philosophical aphorisms, published by Editorial Ariel in paperback (152 pages, in Spanish).
Baltasar Gracián, a Jesuit and Baroque writer of the Spanish Golden Age, brings together in this work a set of aphorisms aimed at guiding personal and social conduct. The brief, sharp sentences, typical of conceptismo, propose an art of living based on prudence, wit and self-knowledge; each aphorism condenses a practical teaching without resorting to lengthy argumentative developments.
Edition by Emilio Blanco in the Quintaesencia collection; includes a prologue, glossary and index of concepts.
Work aimed at the general public interested in philosophy and the classics of Spanish thought.
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.
