Manual of prudence

Print source: The courtiers manual oracle, or, The art of prudence written originally in Spanish by Baltazar Gracian, and now done into English.

London: Printed by M. Flesher, for Abel Swalle English Subject terms: Courts and courtiers. View entire text. THE Preface. Paul 's. All Digital Collections.

Add to bookbag. Search this text: Other search options. The courtiers manual oracle, or, The art of prudence written originally in Spanish by Baltazar Gracian, and now done into English. The University of Michigan Library provides access to these keyboarded and encoded editions of the works for educational and research purposes. Baltasar Gracian intended that these ingenious aphorisms would encourage each reader to challenge themselves both in understanding and applying each axiom.

A unique collection of advice for life and perhaps the first 'self-help' book ever written Written over years ago, The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence is a subtle collection of witty and thought-provoking aphorisms. Baltasar Gracian intended these ingenious, pragmatic aphorisms to challenge the mind, and recognised that few would be capable of applying them.

In Jeremy Robbins's introduction to his penetrating new translation, he examines Gracian's place in Spanish literature and his previous works. Robbins also looks at the themes, contexts and contradictions of The Pocket Oracle, as well as the brevity and subtlety of Gracian's cool-headed aphorisms.

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