El Criticón by Baltasar Gracián
An allegorical, satirical philosophical novel in three parts that follows two contrasting travelers—a world-weary, skeptical elder and a naive youth—whose episodic adventures and encounters stage a panoramic critique of human behavior and society. Through vivid portraits, aphorisms and baroque rhetoric the narrative explores the passage of life, the cultivation of prudence and self-knowledge, the follies of vanity and ambition, and the search for practical wisdom. Its tone alternates between moral didacticism and caustic irony, aiming to instruct readers about the art of living well amid hypocrisy and error.
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- 1651
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- Spanish
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