Jaime Luciano Balmes: 2 books

There is a fact in existence among civilized nations, very important on account of the nature of the things which it affects—a fact of transcendent importance, on account of the number, variety, and consequence of its influences—a fact extremely interesting, because it is connected with the principal...

We should begin the study of philosophy by examining the question of certainty; before raising the edifice, we must lay the foundation. Ever since there has been philosophy, that is, ever since men first reflected on themselves and the beings around them, they have been engaged with those questions which...