Abstract

Antonio Caballero y Góngora and Manuel de Salas y Corbalàn represent two intellectuals- from Nueva Granada and from Reino de Chile, respectively- who facilitated the scientific debate about the question of Education. The education of young disciples who wish to take up a civil, or ecclesiastical or artistic career was at the heart of their reflections about educational approaches during the most prolific years of Hispanic-American Enlightenment. We are going to analyze the primary sources collected in the National Historical Archives of Colombia and Chile, the recommended readings in the writings of the two erudites, the proposals of teaching organization in Universidad de San Carlos in Santafé de Bogotà and in Academia de San Luis in Santiago.