Scientiarum libertas perfundet omnia luce: la filosofía de Krause y el proyecto krausista de la Sociedad Científica en los orígenes de la libertad de cátedra en España
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2026
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Orden Jiménez, R.V. (2026) «Scientiarum libertas perfundet omnia luce: la filosofía de Krause y el proyecto krausista de la sociedad científica en los orígenes de la libertad de cátedra en España», Res Publica: revista de historia de las ideas políticas, 29(1), pp. 1-19. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.5209/RPUB.102584.
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Este artículo presenta la idea de Krause de constituir una «Alianza de la Ciencia», que desarrollaría su discípulo Ahrens y sería adoptada por los krausistas españoles para combatir las injerencias del Estado y la Iglesia en la instrucción pública. Con ella pretendieron a partir de 1868 que la Universidad de Madrid fuese el germen de una «Sociedad Científica». Además, se expone la gestación y el sentido del lema de la actual Universidad Complutense de Madrid, «libertas perfundet omnia luce», ideado por los catedráticos krausistas.
This article presents Krause’s idea of establishing an “Alliance of Science”, which was developed by his disciple Ahrens and adopted by the Spanish Krausists to combat the interference of the State and the Church in public education from 1857 onwards. After the Revolution of 1868, they also intended for the University of Madrid to become the seed for the creation of a "Scientific Society". The Krausists defended scientific freedom, which they distinguished from “educational freedom”, and which was the precedent for “academic freedom”. In addition, the article discusses the development and meaning of the motto of the current Complutense University of Madrid, ‘libertas perfundet omnia luce’, devised by Krausist professors.
This article presents Krause’s idea of establishing an “Alliance of Science”, which was developed by his disciple Ahrens and adopted by the Spanish Krausists to combat the interference of the State and the Church in public education from 1857 onwards. After the Revolution of 1868, they also intended for the University of Madrid to become the seed for the creation of a "Scientific Society". The Krausists defended scientific freedom, which they distinguished from “educational freedom”, and which was the precedent for “academic freedom”. In addition, the article discusses the development and meaning of the motto of the current Complutense University of Madrid, ‘libertas perfundet omnia luce’, devised by Krausist professors.










