Overview
Una gran alegoría sobre la vida humana con una indiscutible vigencia hoy día.
En esta obra maestra de la literatura universal, Baltasar Gracián expresa el desengaño del mundo mientras intenta dar una lección moral. Entre los grandes admiradores del pensador se encuentran Schopenhauer, Goethe, Kant, Nietzsche o Azorín. Schopenhauer dijo de Gracián que nos había dado «uno de los mejores libros del mundo». La presente selección privilegia todos aquellos fragmentos que pueden iluminar a los lectores actuales, porque los problemas humanos parecen ser los mismos a lo largo de los siglos.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A great allegory about human life with undeniable relevance today.
In this masterpiece of universal literature, Baltasar Gracián expresses the disillusionment of the world while attempting to give a moral lesson. Among the great admirers of the thinker are Schopenhauer, Goethe, Kant, Nietzsche, and Azorín. Schopenhauer said of Gracián that he gave us "one of the best books in the world." This selection privileges all those fragments that can illuminate current readers, because human problems seem to be the same throughout the centuries.
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