Jaime Balmes

Jaime Balmes
Born
Jaime Luciano Antonio Balmes y Urpiá

28 August 1810
Vic, Catalonia, Spain
Died9 July 1848 (1848-07-10) (aged 37)
Vic, Catalonia, Spain
Burial placeCathedral of St Peter of Vic
NationalitySpanish
Alma materUniversity of Cervera
Occupation(s)Theologian, presbyter and writer
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolCatholic philosophy
Main interests
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Jaime Luciano Balmes y Urpiá (Catalan: Jaume Llucià Antoni Balmes i Urpià; 28 August 1810 – 9 July 1848) was a Spanish philosopher, theologian, Catholic apologist, sociologist and political writer. Familiar with the doctrine of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Balmes was an original philosopher who did not belong to any particular school or stream, and was called by Pius XII the Prince of Modern Apologetics.


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