The art of worldly wisdom
By: Baltasar Gracián ; translated by Martin Fischer ; edited and with an introduction by Steven Schroeder
Contributors: Fischer, Martin; Schroeder, Steven
Edition: 2008 ed.
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9780760791066
Subjects: Conduct of life; Early works to 1800; Philosophy; Quotations, maxims; Maxims
Work titles: Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia
Description: 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.
Notes: "Originally published in 1647" --T.p. verso.

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. 103).