Baltasar Gracián
Spanish prose writer and philosopher
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, S.J., better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud. His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Wikipedia
Born: January 8, 1601, Belmonte de Gracián, Spain
Died: December 6, 1658 (age 57 years), Tarazona, Spain
Influenced by: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Homer, Desiderius Erasmus, and more
Parents: Francisco Gracián Garcés and Ángela Morales
Nationality: Spanish
Era: 17th-century philosophy