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Baltasar Gracián
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Aragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language (1601-1658)

Also known as: Baltasar Gracian y Morales, Baltasar Gracián y Morales S.J., Baltasar-Gracian-Kulturpreis, Balthasar Gracian, Бальтасар Грасиан, بالتاسار جراثيان

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Known works

  • Agudeza y arte de ingenio, en que se explican todos los modos y differencias de conceptos, con ejemplares escogidos de todo lo más bien dicho, assi facto, como hymano (1983)
  • The pocket oracle and art of prudence
  • Balthasar Gracians Handorakel und Kunst der Weltklugheit
  • El comulgatorio
  • Li shi zhong de yang mou yu yin mou =