Jaime Balmes

1810 - 1848

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country of citizenship: Spain

languages spoken, written or signed: Catalan, Spanish

educated at: University of Cervera

occupation: philosopher, presbyter, writer, priest

influenced by: Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, René Descartes, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Thomas Reid

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. Source: Wikipedia (en)