Baltasar Gracián
Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baltasar Gracián y Morales, S.J. (Spanish: [baltaˈsaɾ ɣɾaˈθjan]; 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658), better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragón). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.[1]
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The Reverend Baltasar Gracián SJ | |
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Born | (1601-01-08)8 January 1601 |
Died | 6 December 1658(1658-12-06) (aged 57) |
Era | 17th-century philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Spanish Baroque literature, Christian philosophy |
Main interests | Political philosophy, moral philosophy |
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