The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence
Autor Baltasar Graciánen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 ian 2011
Written over 350 years ago,The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudenceis a subtle collection of 300 witty and thought-provoking aphorisms. From the art of being lucky to the healthy use of caution, these elegant maxims were created as a guide to life, with further suggestions given on cultivating good taste, knowing how to refuse, the foolishness of complaining and the wisdom of controlling one's passions. Baltasar Gracian intended these ingenious, pragmatic aphorisms to challenge the mind, and recognised that few would be capable of applying them.
In Jeremy Robbins's introduction to his penetrating new translation, he examines Gracian's place in Spanish literature and his previous works. Robbins also looks at the themes, contexts and contradictions ofThe Pocket Oracle, as well as the brevity and subtlety of Gracian's cool-headed aphorisms. This edition also contains a chronology, suggested further reading and notes.
Baltasar Gracián (1601-1658) was born in Belmonte, Aragon and entered the Society of Jesus in 1619. Teaching in Jesuit colleges across the Kingdom of Aragon, he was also at one time confessor to the viceroy of Aragon and chaplain to the Spanish army. But it is as one of the great Spanish stylists and moralists that he is best known. He wrote a series of short moral tracts marked by their elliptical, epigrammatic style, as well as a three volume allegorical novel,The Critic(1651-57). Published in 1647,The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudenceinfluenced the vogue for the form in France, and was quickly translated into the major European languages.
If you enjoyedThe Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence, you might like La Rochefoucauld'sMaxims, also available in Penguin Classics.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141442457
ISBN-10: 014144245X
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 014144245X
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Baltasar
Gracián
was
born
in
1601
in
Belmonte,
Aragon
and
entered
the
Society
of
Jesus
in
1619.
Teaching
in
Jesuit
colleges
across
the
Kingdom
of
Aragon,
he
was
also
at
one
time
confessor
to
the
viceroy
of
Aragon
and
chaplain
to
the
Spanish
army.
But
it
is
as
one
of
the
great
Spanish
stylists
and
moralists
that
he
is
best
known.
He
wrote
a
series
of
short
moral
tracts
marked
by
their
elliptical,
epigrammatic
style,
as
well
as
a
three
volume
allegorical
novel,The
Critic(1651-57).
Published
in
1647,The
Pocket
Oracle
and
Art
of
Prudenceinfluenced
the
vogue
for
the
form
in
France,
and
was
quickly
translated
into
the
major
European
languages.
Jeremy Robbins is Forbes Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of numerous studies on Spanish Baroque culture and a General Editor of theBulletin of Spanish Studies.
Jeremy Robbins is Forbes Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of numerous studies on Spanish Baroque culture and a General Editor of theBulletin of Spanish Studies.