Philosopher

Baltasar Gracián

Overview

Baltasar Gracián y Morales (Spanish: [baltaˈsaɾ ɣɾaˈθjan]; 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658), 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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Philosophers who discussed Baltasar Gracián

• Arthur Schopenhauer

Ideas Baltasar Gracián discusses

• Friedrich Nietzsche
• Philosophy
• Jesuits
• Christians
• Literature
• Miguel de Cervantes
• Aesthetics
• Rhetoric
• Theology
• Anthology
• Baroque
• Arthur Schopenhauer
• Philosophical pessimism

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