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by Baltasar Gracián · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · 816 pages
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El Criticón es una alegoría filosófica escrita por Baltasar Gracián, donde se mezclan narración, doctrina, personajes y crítica. Esta edición, publicada por Ediciones Cátedra, se basa en la edición príncipe, cuyas tres partes vieron la luz en 1651, 1653 y 1657. Incluye anotaciones de Santos Alonso para facilitar la comprensión de la obra. Un clásico de la literatura española que invita a la reflexión sobre la vida y la sociedad.

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.