{"product_id":"the-art-of-worldly-wisdom-paperback-1","title":"The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBaltasar Gracian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWillis Barnstone\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eJoseph Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis perennially popular book of advice on how to achieve personal and professional success is valued for its timeless insights on how to make one's way in the world. Written in the seventeenth century by a Spanish Jesuit scholar, these teachings are strikingly modern in tone and address universal concerns such as friendship, morality, managing emotions, and effective leadership. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Worldly Wisdom \u003c\/i\u003eis for anyone seeking to combine ethical behavior with worldly success. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Worldly Wisdom \u003c\/i\u003eincludes an informative introduction by Willis Barnstone, Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. Barnstone, a noted translator, critic, and poet, explores Graci n's background and places him within his historical and literary context.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe remarkable best-seller -- a long-lost, 300-year-old book of wisdom on how to live successfully yet responsibly in a society governed by self-interest -- as acute as Machiavelli yet as humanistic and scrupulously moral as Marcus Aurelius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaltasar Gracián was an aphorist, imaginary biographer, and novelist, who published studies of ideal figures and handbooks on the arts of rhetoric and comportment. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Hero, Shrewdness and the Art of the Artist, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Master Critic. \u003c\/i\u003e Many high officials felt attacked by the controversial and critical works of this Jesuit priest-professor. Gracián refused to be censored, and was eventually confined to solitary house arrest, where he died.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 5.9 x 8.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966859804973,"sku":"9781570627453","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aWxwb1JPUVh4a2c3WG84VlRQaFRuZz09.webp?v=1775539393","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-worldly-wisdom-paperback-1","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}