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The Art of Worldly Wisdom: Old World Maxims. Modern Edge. By Baltasar Gracián (Paperback)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom: Old World Maxims. Modern Edge. By Baltasar Gracián (Paperback)
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Three hundred rules for reading people, mastering yourself, and moving intelligently through the world.
Before the modern self-development industry, there was Baltasar Gracián.
First published in 1647, The Art of Worldly Wisdom grew from the mind of a Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher, teacher, preacher, and close observer of power. His world was shaped by courts, reputations, alliances, ambition, faith, danger, and human nature.
From it came 300 maxims on judgment, timing, character, influence, friendship, leadership, reputation, restraint, and knowing when to act. More than 375 years later, the problems have changed far less than the technology around them.
Old World Maxims. Modern Edge.
This Trumpet Publishing House edition forms part of our historic restoration and modernization project. It stays close to the historic English translation and the meaning of Gracián's original maxims, refining obsolete language for modern readability without turning a seventeenth-century master of prudence into corporate speak.
The book can be opened anywhere. Read one maxim before work. Carry one into a negotiation. Revisit one after a mistake. Return years later and discover that the same sentence means something different because you do.
Gracián's influence crossed centuries. Arthur Schopenhauer admired the work and translated it into German. Its central concerns remain immediate for entrepreneurs, leaders, writers, professionals, students, independent thinkers, and anyone interested in strategy, human behavior, self-mastery, or dealing wisely with other people.
The world changed. Human nature did not.
Book details
Title: The Art of Worldly Wisdom I Subtitle: Old World Maxims. Modern Edge. I Author: Baltasar Gracián I Publisher: Trumpet Publishing House I Original publication: 1647 I Format: Paperback I ISBN: 9781764873246 I Price: US$16.99 I Production: Made to order
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