{"product_id":"how-to-use-your-enemies-baltasar-gracian","title":"How to Use Your Enemies (Baltasar Gracián)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Better mad with the crowd than sane all alone'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these witty, Machiavellian aphorisms, unlikely Spanish priest Baltasar Gracián shows us how to exploit friends and enemies alike to thrive in a world of deception and illusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaltasar Gracián (1601-1658). Gracián's work is available in Penguin Classics in \u003ci\u003eThe Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBaltasar Gracián \u003c\/b\u003ewas an aphorist, imaginary biographer, and novelist, who published studies of ideal figures and handbooks on the arts of rhetoric and comportment. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Hero, Shrewdness and the Art of the Artist, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Master Critic. \u003c\/i\u003eMany high officials felt attacked by the controversial and critical works of this Jesuit priest-professor. Gracián refused to be censored, and was eventually confined to solitary house arrest, where he died.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 64 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65810569134429,"sku":"K049033984","price":7.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/4903398400001A.jpg?v=1788514906","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/how-to-use-your-enemies-baltasar-gracian","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}