Baltasar Gracián

The Reverend
Baltasar Gracián
S.J.
Baltasar Gracián
Born(1601-01-08)8 January 1601
Belmonte de Gracián, Aragón, Spanish Empire
Died6 December 1658(1658-12-06) (aged 57)
Tarazona, Aragón, Spanish Empire
Philosophical work
Era17th-century philosophy
Region
SchoolSpanish Baroque literature, Christian philosophy
Main interestsPolitical philosophy, moral philosophy

Baltasar Gracián y Morales S.J. (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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