Baltasar Gracián
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a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragon). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche
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Born
8 January 1601 Belmonte de Gracián, Aragon, Spain
Died
6 December 1658 (aged 57) Tarazona, Aragon, Spain
adultbasic
Spain
era
1600-1800
Era
17th-century philosophy
Main interests
Political philosophy, moral philosophy
Region
Western Philosophy
School
Christian philosophy