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Baltasar Gracián

1601 - 1658

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Baltasar Gracián y Morales (Spanish: [baltaˈsaɾ ɣɾaˈθjan]; 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658), better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit priest and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragón). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baltasar Gracián is the 215th most popular philosopher (down from 193rd in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Spain (down from 98th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Baltasar Gracián is most famous for his "The Art of Worldly Wisdom," a book of aphorisms and maxims.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Baltasar Gracián ranks 215 out of 1,267. Before him are Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Georgi Plekhanov, Vasishtha, Julia Kristeva, Miguel de Unamuno, and Orosius. After him are Hippasus, G. E. M. Anscombe, Theano, Muhammad Abduh, Solomon ibn Gabirol, and Benjamin Constant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1601, Baltasar Gracián ranks 4. Before him are Louis XIII of France, Pierre de Fermat, and Anne of Austria. After him are Jan Brueghel the Younger, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, Alonzo Cano, Tugay Bey, John Eudes, Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland, and Simon de Vlieger. Among people deceased in 1658, Baltasar Gracián ranks 2. Before him is Oliver Cromwell. After him are Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Richard Lovelace, Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Bertuccio Valier, and Lucy Walter.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Baltasar Gracián ranks 126 out of 3,355. Before him are Javier Solana (1942), Manuel Azaña (1880), José Echegaray (1832), Antonio Banderas (1960), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), and Pablo de Sarasate (1844). After him are Pablo Casals (1876), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Ferdinand III of Castile (1199), Peter of Castile (1334), Ricardo Zamora (1901), and Francisco Suárez (1548).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Baltasar Gracián ranks 8. Before him are Averroes (1126), Ibn Arabi (1165), Ramon Llull (1232), Ibn Tufail (1110), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), and Miguel de Unamuno (1864). After him are Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Francisco Suárez (1548), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), Juan Luis Vives (1492), and Nachmanides (1194).

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