PHILOSOPHER

Jaime Balmes

1810 - 1848

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaime Balmes is the 1,000th most popular philosopher (up from 1,031st in 2019), the 1,165th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,247th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Spanish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jaime Balmes ranks 1,000 out of 1,267. Before him are Wei Yuan, Anniceris, Evald Ilyenkov, Tariq Ramadan, Jacques Cujas, and Ram Dass. After him are Dominicus Gundissalinus, Robert Anton Wilson, Herbert Feigl, Ernst Tugendhat, Thomas Arnold, and Richard Swinburne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Jaime Balmes ranks 64. Before him are Julian Fontana, Philip Henry Gosse, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Fritz Reuter, Louis Gallait, and Juan Bautista Alberdi. After him are Ferdinand Freiligrath, Robert Mallet, Alexander Bain, Eugène Belgrand, Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, and Charles Forbes René de Montalembert. Among people deceased in 1848, Jaime Balmes ranks 46. Before him are Gabriel Bibron, Ludwig Leichhardt, Robert Blum, Manto Mavrogenous, Pellegrino Rossi, and Felix Lichnowsky. After him are Jacob Sturm, Petrobey Mavromichalis, Martinus Rørbye, George W. Campbell, Steen Steensen Blicher, and Pedro Vélez.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jaime Balmes ranks 1,165 out of 3,355. Before him are Fernando de Herrera (1534), Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910), Manolo el del bombo (1949), Carmen Laforet (1921), Ángel Sanz Briz (1910), and Pedro Tafur (1410). After him are Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Dani Olmo (1998), Dominic of Silos (1000), Félix de Azara (1742), and Alex Soler-Roig (1931).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Jaime Balmes ranks 33. Before him are Francisco Sanches (1550), Gómez Pereira (1500), Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606), Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905), Bahya ibn Paquda (1050), and Fernando Savater (1947). After him are Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115), and Julián Marías (1914).

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