Pocket Mirror for Heroes

Name: Pocket Mirror for Heroes
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ISBN: 9780385503143

ISBN-10: 0385503148

ISBN-13: 9780385503143

Edition: N/A

Authors: Baltasar Graciï¿½n y Morales, Christopher Maurer

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A Pocket Mirror for Heroes is a mirror because it reflects "the person you are or the one you ought to be." It is a pocket mirror because its author took the time to be brief. And it is a mirror for heroes because it provides a vivid image of ethical and moral perfection to which all can aspire. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracian was all but forgotten for three hundred years, until its republication in 1992 turned this lost classic into a New York Times bestseller. Now Gracian, the Spanish Jesuit considered Machiavelli's better in strategy and insight, sets a new standard on the art of living and the practice of achieving. That new standard is the art of heroism--how to be…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.43" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Christopher Maurer is head of the Department of Spanish, French, Italian, & Portuguese at the University of Illinois in Chicago.