Bartolomé de Las Casas
1484–1566
“Defender of the Indies — humanity of indigenous peoples insisted upon.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- UIUniversalist Impulse8 / 10
- WPWill to Power7 / 10
- TETrust in Experience7 / 10
- POPractical Orientation7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Mariana OrtegaFORGE
In-Between traces the multiplicitous selves of Latina lives.
- Marsilius of PaduaFORGE
In the Defender of the Peace, secular sovereignty outranks spiritual authority.
- Enrique DusselFORGE
Philosophy of Liberation makes the colonial Other ethically first.
- Paulo FreireFORGE
Pedagogy of the Oppressed — education as the practice of freedom.
- Charlotte Perkins GilmanFORGE
Her Women and Economics names domestic labor as economic invisibility.
- Harriet MartineauFORGE
Her Illustrations of Political Economy treats sociology as moral observation.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Bartolomé de Las Casas's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Bartolomé de Las Casas or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREBartolomé de Las Casas vs Mariana OrtegaOn Mull's map Mariana Ortega sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶