Intellectual Property as Personal Liberty

Sor Juana's extensive writings and her defense of women's intellectual contributions exemplify the principle that the mind's creations belong to the creator. In her *Response to Sor Filotea*, she asserts her right to pursue knowledge despite institutional constraints, establishing intellectual work as inseparable from personal property rights. For libertarian justice, this means recognizing that ideas generated through one's labor constitute legitimate property deserving legal protection. Sor Juana's life demonstrates that denying intellectual ownership perpetuates injustice—when women's scholarship was appropriated or dismissed, her freedom was violated. Applied today, this framework protects creators from exploitation, ensures fair compensation for intellectual labor, and resists systems that claim dominion over minds and their productions.