by Jaime Balmes · Espasa Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423900718
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«El criterio» is the philosophical essay by Jaime Balmes on knowledge and epistemology, published by Espasa-Calpe in the Austral Collection, in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
In this work, Balmes offers a popular treatise on the art of thinking and reasoning correctly. He sets out practical procedures for forming a sound criterion, examines how we come to know the truth, and reviews classical notions of Western philosophy, guiding the reader in observation, attention and reasoned judgement.
The book belongs to the Austral Collection, number 71, and appears in editions from 1968 to 1988 according to the records consulted.
Recommended for those interested in classical Spanish philosophy, epistemology and the formation of personal judgement.
Jaime Luciano Balmes y Urpiá 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.
