Jaume Balmes

Jaume Balmes Urpià (August 28, 1810 —July 9, 1848), Spanish ecclesiastic, eminent as a political writer and a philosopher, was born and died at Vic in Catalonia.

Having attacked the regent Espartero and been exiled he founded and edited on his return the "El Pensamiento de la Nación", a Catholic and conservative weekly; but his fame rests principally on "El Protestantismo comparado con el Catolicismo en sus relaciones con la Civilización Europea" (3 vols., 1842—1844, 6th edition, 1879; Eng. trans. London, 1849), an able defence of Catholicism on the ground that it represents the spirit of obedience or order, as opposed to Protestantism, the spirit of revolt or anarchy.

According to the "Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition::The best of his philosophical works, which are clear expositions of the scholastic system of thought, are the "Filosofia Fundamental" (4 vols., 1846, Eng. trans. by H. F. Brownson, 2 vols. New York, 1856), and the "Curso de Filosofia Elemental" (4 vols., 1847), which he translated into Latin for use in seminaries.

ee also

* Carrer de Balmes

References

* A. de Blanche-Raffin, "Jacques Balmes, sa vie et ses ouvrages" (Paris, 1849)
* E. Bullon Fernandez, "Jaime Balmis y sus oberas" (Madrid, 1903)
*1911

External links

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* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02224b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/europeanciviliza00balmuoft "European civilization : Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe" by Jaime Balmes at archive.org]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/letterstoascepti00balmuoft "Letters to a sceptic on religious matters " (1875) by Jaime Balmes at archive.org]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/fundamentalphilo00balmuoft "Fundamental philosophy" by Jaime Balmes at archive.org]
* [http://www.grec.net/cgibin/heccl2.pgm?NDCHEC=0007118 Jaume Balmes at Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana] ca