Author: LOCKLEY, LAWRENCE C. (TRANSLATED BY) , BALTASAR JERONIMO GRACIAN Y MORALES
Title: The Science of Success and the Art of Prudence
Description: San Jose, CA: University of Santa Clara Press, 1967. New Edition. Paperback. This is a trade sized paperback. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers of the book have stray spots of biopredation (bug nibbles) to the edges of the cardstock covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Gracián wrote five works important in the history of Spanish thought, of which El héroe (1637; The Hero) , El discreto (1646; The Discreet Person) , and El criticón (1651-1657; The Critic) stand out. In The Hero Gracián characterized qualities essential to leadership: wit, charm, discretion, and especial vigilance against fools. A leader, he says, must close his ears to the common people or lose them, for they respect not the leader whose ways they believe they fathom. "Let no one say Vox populi, vox dei; rather it is the voice of ignorance." "Use a little mystery in everything," counsels Gracián. Elsewhere he says, "Every success is due three-quarters to luck, one-fifth to sweat, only one-twentieth to ability." Gracián's hero is a unique person who succeeds by integrity, discretion, linguistic gifts, and above all by shrewd political achievements. He is the product of a mind steeped in the classic Italian publications on political philosophy. In The Discreet Person Gracián presents his friend and patron, Lastanosa, as a model leader of men." (from Encyclopedia dot website). Very Good .
Keywords: Philosophy Lawrence C. Lockley Baltasar Jeronimo Gracian Y Morales Baltasar Gracian Aphorisms
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Title: The Science of Success and the Art of Prudence
Description: San Jose, CA: University of Santa Clara Press, 1967. New Edition. Paperback. This is a trade sized paperback. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers of the book have stray spots of biopredation (bug nibbles) to the edges of the cardstock covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Gracián wrote five works important in the history of Spanish thought, of which El héroe (1637; The Hero) , El discreto (1646; The Discreet Person) , and El criticón (1651-1657; The Critic) stand out. In The Hero Gracián characterized qualities essential to leadership: wit, charm, discretion, and especial vigilance against fools. A leader, he says, must close his ears to the common people or lose them, for they respect not the leader whose ways they believe they fathom. "Let no one say Vox populi, vox dei; rather it is the voice of ignorance." "Use a little mystery in everything," counsels Gracián. Elsewhere he says, "Every success is due three-quarters to luck, one-fifth to sweat, only one-twentieth to ability." Gracián's hero is a unique person who succeeds by integrity, discretion, linguistic gifts, and above all by shrewd political achievements. He is the product of a mind steeped in the classic Italian publications on political philosophy. In The Discreet Person Gracián presents his friend and patron, Lastanosa, as a model leader of men." (from Encyclopedia dot website). Very Good .
Keywords: Philosophy Lawrence C. Lockley Baltasar Jeronimo Gracian Y Morales Baltasar Gracian Aphorisms
Price: US$ 30.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42445
- Book number: 42445
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