Project Gutenberg 2006-03-13 Public domain in the USA. 136 Balmes, Jaime Luciano 1810 1848 Urpia, Jaime Luciano Balmes Filosofía Fundamental, Tomo III Produced by PM Spanish, Guido Royackers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Filosofía Fundamental, Tomo III" by Jaime Luciano Balmes is a philosophical treatise written in the mid-19th century. The text delves into the nature of ideas and the relationship between sensations and intellectual processes, critically examining the contributions of various philosophers such as Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, and Condillac. The work advocates for an understanding of human knowledge that extends beyond mere sensory experience, positing the existence of innate faculties that contribute to the formation of ideas. The opening of this philosophical work introduces the subject matter by transitioning from a discussion of sensations to a consideration of ideas themselves. Balmes reflects on the views of historical philosophers regarding knowledge, engaging particularly with Condillac's emphasis on the sensory origins of ideas. He presents a critique of the notion that all mental phenomena are merely transformed sensations, proposing instead that the intellect possesses innate faculties that operate independently of sense experience. This opening lays the groundwork for a deeper exploration of the interplay between sensory experiences and intellectual activities, setting the stage for a detailed philosophical analysis. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 37.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. es Philosophy B Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 564978 2025-07-07T13:33:30.422006 text/html 606643 2006-03-12T18:41:32 text/html 278475 2025-07-07T13:33:39.934940 application/epub+zip 279801 2025-07-07T13:33:33.978015 application/epub+zip 267918 2025-07-07T13:33:32.572954 application/epub+zip 579504 2025-07-07T13:33:44.788905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 504522 2025-07-07T13:33:38.905955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464958 2022-09-08T13:59:38.962227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 518662 2025-07-07T13:33:29.642963 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 512028 2006-03-12T18:41:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18781 2025-07-07T13:33:44.911901 application/rdf+xml 16522 2025-07-07T13:33:33.081966 image/jpeg 3971 2025-07-07T13:33:32.826943 image/jpeg 168348 2006-03-12T18:41:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 180982 2006-03-12T18:41:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 256618 2025-07-07T13:33:30.462993 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog es.wikipedia en.wikipedia