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The art of worldly wisdom / Baltasar Gracián ; translated by Martin Fischer ; edited and with an introduction by Steven Schroeder.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Barnes & NobleCopyright date: ©2008Edition: 2008 editionDescription: xiv, 103 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9780760791066 (pbk.)
  • 0760791066
Uniform titles:
  • Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia. English.
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: Offers practical advice on how to make your way in a chaotic world, and how to make it well. The 300 aphorisms contained here remain remarkably relevant today, addressing 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.
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Books John Tomay Memorial Library ANF 868.3 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31030100029081

"Originally published in 1647" --T.p. verso.

"The Barnes & Noble library of essential reading" --Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 103).

Offers practical advice on how to make your way in a chaotic world, and how to make it well. The 300 aphorisms contained here remain remarkably relevant today, addressing 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.

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