by Baltasar Gracián · Club Internacional del Libro · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474617023
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«El héroe, El discreto» is the philosophy work by Baltasar Gracián, published by Club Internacional del Libro in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together two works by Baltasar Gracián on human conduct in society. «El héroe» proposes qualities and maxims for standing out in public life; «El discreto» addresses prudence, discretion and self-knowledge for navigating the private sphere and social interaction.
A work of moral prose by the Spanish writer Baltasar Gracián (1601-1658). Includes an introduction by I. G. Sanguinetti.
For readers interested in moral philosophy and classical Spanish literature.
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.
