Summary
Albert Einstein on Academic Freedom
Highlights
Defining Academic Freedom
Academic freedom is defined as the essential right to pursue, publish, and teach the truth. This liberty carries an inherent duty, requiring scholars to fully disclose all findings recognized as true without concealment.
The Impact of Restrictions
Any limitations placed on academic freedom hinder the spread of knowledge. Ultimately, this interference negatively impacts national judgment and collective action.
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Original text
By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty: one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action.