Education and learning as forms of property that expand individual freedom and resist systematic domination through ignorance.
Sor Juana's obsessive self-education—acquiring thousands of books, teaching herself languages, mathematics, and theology—treated knowledge as the primary means of liberation. In libertarian justice, property includes not just material goods but human capital: education, skill, and understanding. Those denied knowledge are denied freedom; systematic ignorance is a tool of control. Sor Juana's insistence on her right to learn, despite her gender and social position, embodies the libertarian principle that access to knowledge is a prerequisite for genuine autonomy. Her writings on epistemology and logic assert that intellectual development is not a privilege granted by authorities but an inherent right. Applied today, this concept demands that education be treated as foundational property-in-self, not as a commodity gatekept by institutions or concentrated among the privileged.
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