Project Gutenberg 2020-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 442 Gracián y Morales, Baltasar 1601 1658 Morales, Baltasar Gracián y Gracian y Morales, Baltasar Gracián, Lorenzo Gracián, Baltasar Gracian, Balthasar Gracián, Baltazar Cejador y Frauca, Julio 1864 1927 Frauca, Julio Cejador y Cejador, Julio El criticón (tomo 1 de 2) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Critic%C3%B3n Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Critic%C3%B3n Produced by Ramón Pajares Box and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "El criticón (tomo 1 de 2)" by Baltasar Gracián y Morales is a philosophical novel written in the mid-17th century. This work explores profound themes of human existence, morality, and the complexity of life through allegorical storytelling. At its center is Critilo, a character who engages in deep conversations and reflections about life, nature, and human nature itself, alongside a companion named Andrenio. The opening of the narrative introduces us to Critilo, who, having survived a shipwreck, finds himself on a mysterious island where he encounters Andrenio. Their initial interaction centers on the exploration of existence and knowledge. Critilo expresses his despair over the fragility of life and the human condition, while he and Andrenio engage in discourse about the nature of language, communication, and self-identity. This part of the text sets the tone for a broader philosophical inquiry, rich in metaphor and reflective insights, as the two characters seek to understand their identities and the world around them amidst their circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. es Spanish fiction -- Classical period, 1500-1700 PQ Text Category: Novels Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Philosophy & Ethics 693826 2025-06-25T04:30:46.105670 text/html 674379 2024-10-18T04:33:18 text/html 791376 2025-06-25T04:30:56.097580 application/epub+zip 789209 2025-06-25T04:30:48.078624 application/epub+zip 373624 2025-06-25T04:30:47.032681 application/epub+zip 971541 2025-06-25T04:31:01.980584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 922289 2025-06-25T04:30:55.133614 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 507408 2022-09-28T09:12:30.652130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 635538 2025-06-25T04:30:44.617632 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 615636 2024-10-18T04:33:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17731 2025-06-25T04:31:02.129527 application/rdf+xml 17645 2025-06-25T04:30:47.153640 image/jpeg 3352 2025-06-25T04:30:47.097593 image/jpeg 943745 2025-06-25T04:30:46.185628 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia es.wikipedia es.wikipedia