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Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia
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Conceived over a decade of counseling kings and nobles, and chaplaincy on Spain's battlefields, The Art of Worldly Wisdom distills emperors, strategists, and sages into 300 aphorisms-ruling courts, commerce, and conscience. From the pía afición that wins divine and earthly favor, to the royal road of courage flanked by cunning, each aphorism is a polished lens revealing the hidden mechanics of power, reputation, and self-mastery.
Father Gracián's masterpieces form a living web-ideas born in El Héroe (1637) reappear transformed in El Politico (1640), El Discreto (1646) and sharpened here, in The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647). This edition traces those echoes with footnotes signaling a direct conceptual lineage. Unmarked aphorisms may still resonate elsewhere, inviting the reader to find them.
Foreword by Dr. Scott B. Nelson, who crowns Father Gracián as the antidote to modern mediocrity and M. San Pedro as the definitive steward of his complete corpus, this is more than a manual. The Art of Worldly Wisdom is a mirror for princes and a forge for heroes-a timeless compass for navigating the tempests of fortune with sanity and sagacity. In an age of noise and mediocrity, it teaches the art of silence and the science of eminence. Read slowly, live prudently, conquer eternally.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
234
Release Date:
2026-02-20
Publication Date:
2026-02-20
Publisher:
St. Vitus Dance
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1945028785
ISBN13:
9781945028786
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
377 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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