Osvaldo Lira | |
|---|---|
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| School | Thomism |
| Notable students | Jaime Guzman, Juan Antonio Widow |
| Language | Spanish |
José Luis Osvaldo Lira Pérez SS.CC. (February 11, 1904, in Santiago, Chile – December 20, 1996, in Santiago) was a Chilean priest, philosopher and theologian who wrote more than 10 books on topics related to the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, as well as Ortega y Gasset and Juan Vázquez de Mella. He devoted most of his life to teaching in different universities, and had as many followers as opponents.
With Ramón Callis in 1952 they founded the National Syndicalist Revolutionary Movement, with an open fascist tendency.