Jaime Balmes
Father Jaime Luciano Balmes y Urpiá (Catalan: Jaume Llucià Antoni Balmes i Urpià) (August 28, 1810 – July 9, 1848), Catalan Spanish Catholic priest, eminent as a political writer and a philosopher.
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[edit] Biography
Balmes was born and died at Vic in Catalonia, Spain.
Having attacked the regent Espartero, he was exiled. On his return, he founded and edited El Pensamiento de la Nación, a Catholic and conservative weekly; however, his fame rests principally on El Protestantismo comparado con el Catolicismo en sus relaciones con la Civilización Europea (Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their Effects on the Civilization of Europe),[1] 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. The book is often cited as a counter argument to historical accounts that focus on the reputed central role of the Protestant thought to the development of modern society.
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 (Basic Philosophy),[2] and the Curso de Filosofia Elemental (A Course of Elementary Philosophy),[3] which he translated into Latin for use in seminaries.
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- La lectura es como el alimento; el provecho no está en proporción de lo que se come, sino de lo que se digiere.
- "Reading is like eating; the benefits are not in proportion to what is consumed, but to what is digested."
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- ^ 3 vols., 1842–1844, 6th edition, 1879; English translation in 1849 and also in 1856 by Charles Ignatius White.
- ^ 4 vols., 1846, Eng. trans. by H. F. Brownson, 2 vols. New York, 1856.
- ^ 4 vols., 1847
[edit] References
- A. de Blanche-Raffin, Jacques Balmes, sa vie et ses ouvrages (Paris, 1849)
- E. Bullon Fernandez, Jaime Balmis y sus oberas (Madrid, 1903)
Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Balmès, Jaime Luciano". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.- This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
[edit] External links
- Works by Jaume Balmes at Project Gutenberg
- Catholic Encyclopedia article
- European civilization : Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Balmes at archive.org
- Letters to a sceptic on religious matters (1875) by Jaime Balmes at archive.org
- Fundamental philosophy by Jaime Balmes at archive.org
- Jaume Balmes at Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana(Catalan)
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