books by Baltasar Gracian (practical prudencia memories)

books by Baltasar Gracian

books:

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Forgotten Books)
Baltasar Gracian Morales

Forgotten Books, 2008

Book Description: "Part life-coach, part Machiavelli, part Yoda, Balthasar Gracian [1601-1658], a Jesuit priest, wrote this collection of pithy sayings four centuries ago. Gracian speaks to the twenty-first century as well as the seventeenth. It's only a matter of time before someone markets Gracian's life advice to busy executives, like Sun Tzu or the Book of Five Rings (if it hasn't been already). In the meantime, Gracian can be our little ...

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

29 reviews
Baltasar Gracian

Doubleday Business, 1992

Valuable insights
This compact volume is a compilation of realistic and ethical insights about the foibles of human relations. Just reading a few entries at a sitting offers thoughtful and encouraging tools in our dealings with one another.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Shambhala Pocket Classics)

21 reviews
Baltasar Gracian

Shambhala, 1993

after NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI and SUN TZU comes BALTASAR GRACIAN
. A very small book--literally the size of a credit card, and only half an inch thick--of three-hundred maxims, covering practically all of the wisdom one needs to go through life. Each maxim covering less than a tiny page, often only half. (The size of THIS PARTICULAR EDITION is NOT meant to make one feel cheated of what one paid for. It IS meant to be COMPACT, to carry in the pocket or bag, for ...

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (BLTC Press Edition)

BLTC Press, 2008

The Art of Worldly Wisdom is a Western classic. One of the original "self-help" books, it tempers the Machivellian streak with a sense of perspective and balance. Although it can be read with a cynical view of human nature, it generally urges "the high road" as the way to advancement in the world. It's concluding advice is "In one word, be a saint". Its previous 299 aphorisms are not always in agreement with that noble goal! The aphoristic ...

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

2 reviews
Baltasar Gracian

Shambhala, 2006

Only for certain appetites
I own this book and read it over a prolonged period. You cannot read this book in 2-3 days; you have to sip it slowly like a good, calm dessert wine. The language is strange at first and the aphorisms take a while to get used to, however once you grow an appetite for this type of writing, you quickly realize that good writers transgress time/civilizations. His aphorisms are all applicable ...

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Dover Books on Western Philosophy)
Baltasar Gracian

Dover Publications, 2005

"Think with the few and speak with the many," "Friends are a second existence," and "Be able to forget" are among this volume's 300 pithy maxims on politics, professional life, and personal development. Published in 1637 by Baltasar Gracian, a Spanish Jesuit scholar, this book of timeless advice, focusing on honesty and kindness, remains ever popular.

Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia (Memorias / Memories)
Baltasar Gracián

Linkgua S.L., 2007

En los aforismos de Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia (1647), Gracián reflexiona sobre la verdadera naturaleza del éxito. Este es el eje central de El criticón (tres partes, que aparecieron en 1651, 1653 y 1657), novela alegórica que gira en torno a las peripecias de los dos protagonistas: Andrenio, el buen salvaje que vive en estado natural, y Critilo, el individuo sagaz, prudente y razonable. Gracián y Quevedo son las figuras más relevantes ...

The Wisdom of Baltasar Gracian: A Practical Manual for Good and Perilous Times

1 review
Baltasar Gracian Y Morales

Pocket, 1992

Historical notes and selected quotes
The tape flips back and forth between selected memoir passages and 'favorite quotes'. Neither is particularly enlightening, but the determined listener will probably find a few phrases which inspire further reading.

El político
Baltasar Gracián

Linkgua S.L., 2007

The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Baltasar Gracian

Wilder Publications, 2007

In the Art of Worldly Wisdom Baltasar Gracian gives us pertinent and pithy advice on friendship, leadership, and success. Think of it as Machiavelli with a soul. This book is for those who wish to have an ambitious plan for success without compromising their integrity or losing their way. Audacious and captivating!

Los Mejores Relatos De Los Siglos De Oro / The Best Tales Form the Golden Era (Short Stories)
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Lope De Vega, ...

Santillana USA Publishing Company, 2001

The opinions and viewpoints of men and women from the 16th and 17th century are captured in these stories told by authors like Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Francisco Quevedo and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Description in Spanish: ¿Cómo retratan la realidad los hombres y mujeres de los siglos XVI y XVII? ¿Cuáles son sus preferencias y gustos artísticos? ¿ De qué manera hacen frente al malestar reinante y al desasosiego individual en ...