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This perennially popular book of advice on how to achieve personal and professional success is valued for its timeless insights on how to make one's way in the world. Written in the seventeenth century by a Spanish Jesuit scholar, these teachings are strikingly modern in tone and address universal concerns such as friendship, morality, managing emotions, and effective leadership. The Art of Worldly Wisdom is for anyone seeking to combine ethical behavior with worldly success.This edition of The Art of Worldly Wisdom includes an informative introduction by Willis Barnstone, Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. Barnstone, a noted translator, critic, and poet, explores Gracián's background and places him within his historical and literary context. <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rx7uvwrdCrE" width="640" frameborder="0" height="390"> </iframe>
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About Christopher Maurer
Christopher Maurer has written widely on Spanish literature, from Baltasar Gracißn (author of the New York Times bestsellers The Art of Worldly Wisdom and A Pocket Mirror for Heroes) to Federico GarcÝa Lorca. He is chairman of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Vanderbilt University.
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"Absolutely unique . . . a book made for constant use—a companion for life."—Arthur Schopenhauer"Europe has never produced anything finer or more complicated in matters of moral subtlety."—Friedrich Nietzsche
- The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Balthasar Gracian, Introduction by Willis Barnstone, Translation by Joseph Jacobs
- October 10, 2000
- Philosophy - Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Self Help - Success; Religion - Ethics; Business & Economics
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