José de la Luz y Caballero

José de la Luz y Caballero was a Cuban philosopher and educator whose teaching helped shape nineteenth-century intellectual life in Cuba. He taught at the San Carlos Seminary and later founded the Colegio El Salvador, making education the central focus of his public work. His philosophical outlook was influenced by Bacon, Condillac, Descartes, and Locke, and he also wrote on educational, scientific, and philosophical subjects.