Wisdom Book: Bilingual Picture and Text Treasure Edition

Author: (Spanish) Gracian / Qin Chuan'an / Bu Hua Illustrations
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Such a book, "reading it through once is clearly not enough; it is a book that can be used at any time, in short, it is a lifelong companion." — Schopenhauer "Gracian's life experience shows wisdom and insight unmatched by anyone today." — Nietzsche "Bu Hua uses his brush to connect me with the sages of centuries past. It's a wonderful date without leaving the house." — Zheng Yuanjie
Personality and intelligence are the two poles of social intelligence; lacking one of them means half-heartedness. Intelligence alone is not enough; personality is equally indispensable. On the other hand, the foolish are precisely those who fail in acquiring status, careers, neighbors, and the circles of friends they choose. Many European scholars believe that over the millennia, the eternal value of social intelligence in the history of human thought lies in three extraordinary books: one is Machiavelli's The Prince, the other is The Art of War, and the third is this The Art of Wisdom. The great German philosopher Schopenhauer deliberately translated The Art of Wisdom into German and highly praised the book as "absolutely unique." Nietzsche also praised the book for its subtlety and intricate exploration of the mysteries of morality, stating that no book in Europe is more refined or more varied in its arguments. In a note from 1873, Nietzsche wrote: "Gracian's life experience shows wisdom and insight unmatched by anyone today."