Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian doctor, scientist, hero, journalist, lawyer, philosopher, theologian, writer and translator.

Abstract

Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo was an enlightened journalist, doctor, polymath, theologian, philosopher, writer and precursor of Ecuadorian independence [1]. He was an outstanding Ecuadorian doctor who contributed at the time to the cure of the disease called "Indian plague", he studied Theology and Law and graduated in Philosophy [2]. Philosophy was one of his most disturbing passions, he studied Greek, Roman and French philosophers. He was a very enlightened man, he was passionate about reading, which allowed him to learn several languages ​​such as French, Latin and Greek [2]. makes an apology for the Clergy [3]. He was unjustly persecuted and imprisoned, accused of being a heretic, a pamphleteer, a subversive and a slanderer of priests.[4]