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The hero

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 "the consummate person, ripe and perfect: accurate in judgment, mature in taste, attentive in listening, wise in sayings, shrewd in deeds, the center of all perfection." Gracian teaches the reader to be "a giant"--"the greatest person possible, a miracle of perfection, a king." Wit, wisdom, courage, elegance, grace, humility, spontaneity--these are the qualities needed to reach heroism in any occupation. But it is not enough to be wise or graceful: one must learn as well how to manage that talent, how to distinguish a quality fiom its shadow. A Pocket Mirror for Heroes provides "a politics for governing oneself, a compass for sailing toward excellence, an art for reaching distinction with just a few rules of discretion," and it will be wise and witty company for anyone who recognizes--and relishes--the challenges of daily life.

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  • "Pocket mirror for heroes"
  • "Hero"@en
  • "Sammlung"
  • "El heroe"
  • "Heroe de Lorenzo Gracian Infanzon"
  • "Way to eminencie and perfection"@en
  • "Discreto"
  • "Heroe"
  • "Héroe"
  • "Heroe of Lorenzo"@en

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  • "Ce premier ouvrage de B. Gracian est ici publié dans une double traduction, la première, paraphrastique, de J. de Courbeville, la seconde, fragmentaire mais plus proche de l'original, d'Amelot de La Houssaie (1634-1706). Gracian y développe un art de se gouverner soi-même qui n'est rien d'autre qu'une maîtrise des apparences et des circonstances."
  • "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 "the consummate person, ripe and perfect: accurate in judgment, mature in taste, attentive in listening, wise in sayings, shrewd in deeds, the center of all perfection." Gracian teaches the reader to be "a giant"--"the greatest person possible, a miracle of perfection, a king." Wit, wisdom, courage, elegance, grace, humility, spontaneity--these are the qualities needed to reach heroism in any occupation. But it is not enough to be wise or graceful: one must learn as well how to manage that talent, how to distinguish a quality fiom its shadow. A Pocket Mirror for Heroes provides "a politics for governing oneself, a compass for sailing toward excellence, an art for reaching distinction with just a few rules of discretion," and it will be wise and witty company for anyone who recognizes--and relishes--the challenges of daily life."@en
  • "Assumer la nécessité du hasard, ne reconnaître d'autre réalité que celle des apparences, s'évertuer, hors de toute affectation, à faire montre d'excellence, là est l'héroïsme selon Gracian (1601-1658). Son oeuvre philosophique est directement inspirée de la pensée sophistique avec ses deux principaux thèmes : l'apparence et l'occasion."

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  • "Quelle"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Facsimiles"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Early works"@en
  • "Early works"
  • "Manuscripts"
  • "Littérature espagnole"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Translations"@en
  • "Translations"

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  • "Le héros ; suivi de El Héroe"
  • "Le Héros / El Héroe"
  • "El Heroe de Lorenzo Gracian infanzon"
  • "El heroe de Lorenzo Gracian infanzon : en esta impression nuevamente corregido"
  • "L' heroe"
  • "The hero From the Spanish of Baltasar Gracian; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a gentleman of Oxford"
  • "El heroe de Lorenzo Gracian infanzon [pseud.] En esta impression nuevamente corregido"
  • "Le héros de Baltasar Gracian"
  • "El heroe de Lorenzo Gracian, infanzon"
  • "El héroe : edición facsimil (Madrid, Diego Díaz, 1639)"@es
  • "L' Heroe"
  • "The hero"
  • "The hero"@en
  • "[The] hero From the Spanish of Baltasar Gracian; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a gentleman of Oxford"
  • "[The] hero"@en
  • "[The] hero : From the Spanish of Baltasar Gracian ; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a gentleman of Oxford"@en
  • "Bohater : czyli rzecz o człowieku niezwykłym = El Hèroe"@pl
  • "El héroe. El discreto [u.a.] / Baltasar Gracián. Ed. de Luys Santa Marina"
  • "Le Héros, traduit de l'espagnol de Baltasar Gracien [par le P. J. de Courbeville] avec des remarques"
  • "Espelho de bolso para heróis"
  • "Le héros de"
  • "The hero From the Spanish of Baltasar Gracian; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a gentleman of Oxford : From the Spanish of Baltasar Gracian; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a gentleman of Oxford"
  • "The Hero"@en
  • "El heroe de Lorenzo Gracian infanzon, en esta impression nuevamente corregido"
  • "El héro"
  • "Pocket Mirror for Heroes"@en
  • "Le Héros, traduit de l'espagnol de Baltasar Gracien avec des remarques"
  • "A pocket mirror for heroes"@en
  • "A pocket mirror for heroes"
  • "L'Heroe"
  • "El heroe de Lorenzo Gracian Infanzon"
  • "The heroe of Lorenzo, or, The way to eminencie and perfection a piece of serious Spanish wit"@en
  • "The hero : from the Spanish of Baltasar Gracian, with remarks moral, political and historical of ... Father J. de Courbeville"@en
  • "El Heroe"
  • "El Heroe"@es
  • "El heroe"@es
  • "El heroe"
  • "El Héroe, de Lorenzo Gracian"
  • "The hero From the Spanish of baltasar gracian ; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a Gentleman of Oxford"
  • "Le Héros, traduit de l'espagnol de Baltasar Gracien. avec des remarques. Dédié à monseigneur le duc de Bourbon"
  • "Der Held"
  • "El Heroe De Lorenzo Gracian Infanzon"
  • "Le héros"
  • "The hero. From the Spanish of Baltasar Gracian ; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a gentleman of Oxford"@en
  • "El héroe"
  • "El héroe"@es
  • "The hero From the Spanish of baltasar gracian; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a Gentleman of Oxford"
  • "O ērōas"
  • "Héroe <engl.&gt"
  • "El héroe : edición facsímil del autógrafo (Manuscrito 6643 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid) y de la impresión de Madrid, 1639, por Adolphe Coster (Chartres, 1911)"@es
  • "El heroe de Lorenzo [i.e. Baltasar] Gracian"
  • "[The] hero From the Spanish of Baltasar Gracian ; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a gentleman of Oxford"@en
  • "[The] hero From the Spanish of Baltasar Gracian ; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a gentleman of Oxford"
  • "El Héroe"
  • "Le Héros"
  • "Bohater : czyli rzecz o czlowieku niezwyklym = El héroe"
  • "El heroe / en esta impression nuevamente corregido"
  • "L'Eroe, ovvero La scuola, per giugnere all'eroismo"
  • "The hero : From the Spanish of Baltasar Gracian ; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a gentleman of Oxford"@en
  • "Le heros"
  • "El heroe de Lorenzo Gracian infanzon. En esta segunda impression nueuamente corregido"
  • "The Heroe, of Lorenzo, or, The way to eminencie and perfection. A piece of serious Spanish wit originally in that language written, and in English"@en
  • "The hero. From the Spanish of baltasar gracian ; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a Gentleman of Oxford"
  • "The hero. From the Spanish of baltasar gracian ; with remarks moral, political, and historical, of the learned Father J. de Courbeville. By a Gentleman of Oxford"@en

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