Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (born 1601)

Baltasar Gracián

Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher

Baltasar Gracián y Morales, 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. He is best known for his book The Art of…