The Art of Worldly Wisdom: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Art of Worldly Wisdom, credited to Baltasar Gracián, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián. (Translated by Joseph Jacobs.) Read in English by Sonia; Sandra Schmit; Sonrisa Jones; Ken Masters; Wayne Cooke; Tina Ding; Davi Bicudo 300 short maxims by Spanish Jesuit Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658). The advice is still useful and insightful for our modern world. Gracian was considered one of the most interesting philosophers by both Nietzsche und Schopenhauer, and the latter translated The Art of Worldly Wisdom into German. This English translation was done by the famous Australian fairy-tale collector Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916). - Summary by Sandra Schmit

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
• Author credits: Baltasar Gracián
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 5:27:58

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• society
• Maxims

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 01 - Dedication, Preface and Testimonia — 12:35
2. 02 - Introduction — 39:03
3. 03 - To the reader; Maxims 1-10 — 8:36
4. 04 - Maxims 11-20 — 9:10
5. 05 - Maxims 21-30 — 7:55
6. 06 - Maxims 31-40 — 8:33
7. 07 - Maxims 41-50 — 9:06
8. 08 - Maxims 51-60 — 7:24
9. 09 - Maxims 61-70 — 9:50
10. 10 - Maxims 71-80 — 8:12
11. 11 - Maxims 81-90 — 8:29
12. 12 - Maxims 91-100 — 6:39
13. 13 - Maxims 101-110 — 9:57
14. 14 - Maxims 111-120 — 9:21
15. 15 - Maxims 121-130 — 9:07
16. 16 - Maxims 131-140 — 11:35
17. 17 - Maxims 141-150 — 10:48
18. 18 - Maxims 151-160 — 11:20
19. 19 - Maxims 161-170 — 10:06
20. 20 - Maxims 171-180 — 11:47
21. 21 - Maxims 181-190 — 9:51
22. 22 - Maxims 191-200 — 8:56
23. 23 - Maxims 201-210 — 9:51
24. 24 - Maxims 211-220 — 9:17

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