Baltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ (8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658), better known as Baltasar Gracián, was 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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8 January 1601 Belmonte de Gracián, Aragon, Spain
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Died |
1658 (aged 56) Tarazona, Aragon, Spain
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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