Baltasar Gracián
1601
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1658
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Spain, Crown of Aragon
languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish
occupation: philosopher, writer, Latin Catholic priest, regular cleric
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, S.J. (Spanish: [baltaˈsaɾ ɣɾaˈθjan]; 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658), better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragón). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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