The right to own and control one's intellectual creations as an extension of personal freedom and labor, grounded in Sor Juana's defense of her own scholarly work.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz fought to claim ownership of her intellectual output against institutional and patriarchal constraints, establishing the principle that ideas and knowledge produced through personal effort constitute legitimate property. This concept extends libertarian property rights into the realm of mind and creativity, arguing that freedom of thought necessarily includes freedom to own, control, and profit from one's intellectual labor. Applied to modern contexts, this framework resists both corporate monopolies and state censorship, protecting the individual's right to their discoveries, writings, and innovations. Sor Juana's insistence on her right to study, write, and publish without permission models intellectual autonomy as foundational to both personal dignity and libertarian justice. This principle challenges systems that would confiscate ideas or deny creators authority over their work.
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