The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Author(s): Baltasar Gracián, Joseph Jacobs
Genre(s): Early Modern
Narrators: Sonia, Cathar Maiden, Sonrisa Jones, Ken Masters, Wayne Cooke, Tina Ding, Davi Bicudo
Number of Chapters: 32
Length: 05 hours and 27 minutes
Language: English
300 short maxims by Spanish Jesuit Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658). The advice is still useful and insightful for our modern world. Gracian was considered one of the most interesting philosophers by both Nietzsche und Schopenhauer, and the latter translated The Art of Worldly Wisdom into German. This English translation was done by the famous Australian fairy-tale collector Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916). - Summary by Sandra Schmit
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The audiobook The Art of Worldly Wisdom falls under the genres of Early Modern. It is written by Baltasar Gracián, Joseph Jacobs.