Joan Fuster i Ortells is a major writer in the Valencian language who contributed to reinvigorate nationalism in Valencia during the Spanish transition to democracy. He coined the term “Països Catalans” to refer to the Catalan-speaking territories. He is also a renowned essayist and storyteller known for his vast thematic breadth and incisiveness. Antonio Cortijo-Rodgers works at the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley where he specializes in formal logic. He is a member of the Center for Catalan Studies (University of California, Santa Barbara)

• Fuster’s Aforisms and the Tradition of Ἀφορισμός/ Aphorismi – Proverbs, Adages, and Emblems – Montaigne and the Essai – Friedrich Nietzsche – Ramón Gómez de la Serna – Finally, Fuster – Fuster and Aphorisms – APHORISMS – Final Judgments – Prejudices – Knowing What I am Talking About – Ethics for a Stranger – Works and Days – For One, For Many – General Absolution and Plenary Indulgence – Indecent Proposals – Initial Caution – Randomly Observed – Ideas for Family Children – Personal Experience – Philosophy and Letters – The Art of Giving Rabbits – They Call It «SOCIETY» – Contents 6 – I Am Temporarily Closing the Parenthesis – Few Words – About Other Final Judgments.