The right to pursue knowledge and education regardless of social status, gender, or circumstance—a principle Sor Juana embodied through her relentless self-education.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz fought against a society that denied women formal education, yet became one of the most erudite figures of her age through determined self-study. Intellectual justice means recognizing that fairness requires equal opportunity to learn, think, and contribute ideas. Every civilization that advanced did so through expanding who was permitted to think critically. Sor Juana's life demonstrates that denying education to any group weakens the entire society's capacity for wisdom. In the Periagoge platform, this concept challenges us to examine where knowledge access remains unfairly restricted, and to build systems where intellectual development is genuinely available to all, not rationed by power or privilege.
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