The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
Cover of the book The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) by Baltasar Gracian, Barnes & Noble
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Baltasar Gracian ISBN: 9781411428683
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publication: September 1, 2009
Imprint: Barnes & Noble Language: English
Author: Baltasar Gracian
ISBN: 9781411428683
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Publication: September 1, 2009
Imprint: Barnes & Noble
Language: English

Baltasar Gracián’s Art of Worldly Wisdom offers practical advice on how to make your way in a chaotic world, and how to make it well. The three hundred aphorisms contained here, first published as Oraculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia in 1647, remain remarkably relevant today.  The political and social upheavals of Spain’s Golden Era bear a striking resemblance to 21st century reality--political transformations, economic battles that pit local interests against global forces, competing religious outlooks seeking to shape secular worlds, and new technologies torn between democratization and centralization.  Gracián’s aphorisms, as much poetry as instruction, address us today as practical guides for civility in an often uncivil world, and may serve as invitations to participate in making an uncivil world as civil as possible.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Baltasar Gracián’s Art of Worldly Wisdom offers practical advice on how to make your way in a chaotic world, and how to make it well. The three hundred aphorisms contained here, first published as Oraculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia in 1647, remain remarkably relevant today.  The political and social upheavals of Spain’s Golden Era bear a striking resemblance to 21st century reality--political transformations, economic battles that pit local interests against global forces, competing religious outlooks seeking to shape secular worlds, and new technologies torn between democratization and centralization.  Gracián’s aphorisms, as much poetry as instruction, address us today as practical guides for civility in an often uncivil world, and may serve as invitations to participate in making an uncivil world as civil as possible.

More books from Barnes & Noble

Cover of the book The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 5 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book A New England Boyhood (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book Lectures on Modern Idealism (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book A First Manual of Composition (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book The Skin Game (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book Penelope Rich and Her Circle (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book Life and Habit (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book Prairie Folks (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book Celibates (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book The Wings of the Dove (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812, Volume 2 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book The Appetite of Tyranny: Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book The American (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) by Baltasar Gracian
Cover of the book A Fool's Errand (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by Baltasar Gracian
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy