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Gentlemen of the cloister, sit down and
uncover your heads.

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The session opens.

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The investiture of new doctors from the
International Doctoral

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School who have defended their doctoral
thesis in the 2024-2025 academic year

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will take place.

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The floor is now open to Mr. José
Bernardo San Juan, who

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will deliver the Laudato Y as godfather
of the new doctors.

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Your Excellency, Sir of the King Juan
Carlos

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University, Your Illustrious Secretary

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General, Your Illustrious Madam, Director

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of the International Doctoral School,

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Academic Authorities, Faculty, Dear new

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Doctors, Family and Friends.

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Umberto Eco wrote what is undoubtedly

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the most famous book on how to write

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a doctoral thesis.

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There, she defined it in two notes as

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a learning exercise and a test of
personal maturity.

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Shortly after starting my doctoral
thesis, I remember

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borrowing that book from the faculty
library.

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It was an old Gedisa edition published in
Mexico,

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and only God knows how it had ended up at

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that moment in University City.

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I remember that in one of the chapters
Eco explained

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with deceptive simplicity each of the
steps to prepare the thesis.

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Someone who was undoubtedly trying to
follow him.

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I had underlined that part and written it
by hand,

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in thick strokes and in capital letters.

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That's not so easy.

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For that reason, and without taking away
any point

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from the Italian semiotician, I, being
more human

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and in accordance with my own experience,
like to

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focus on two other aspects, those
mentioned in the prologue of 1/1 of Don

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Quixote.

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There, a Cervantes already in his
twilight years,

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was reflecting on the work he had just
written.

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And having before me thus that vast
expanse of pages,

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I wrote to the reader that you can
believe me without

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oath that I would like this book, as a
child of

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understanding, to be the most beautiful,
the most

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gallant and the most discreet that could
be imagined

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when, as we have all wanted from our
theses.

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And Cervantes continues.

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But I have not been able to contravene
the order of nature

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in which each thing gives rise to its
like.

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What could my sterile and poorly
cultivated

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wit possibly produce but the story of a
dry,

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withered, capricious son, full of various
thoughts?

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Because, dear new doctors, Cervantes's
piously

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human gaze was aware that his work, like
your

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theses, contained within itself something
of the greatness of its author.

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But it also contained within it a way of
being,

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its defects and manias, its obsessions,
even

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a certain smell, in short, the makings of
each one.

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And later on, Cervantes says: Many times
I took up the

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pen to write the prologue and many times
I put it down

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because I didn't know what I would write.

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It describes a situation of anguish,

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of horror at the blank page, which

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you have surely faced in recent years.

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There is a secret gallery that unites
those who

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have undertaken great projects in their
lives:

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writing a thesis, founding a company,
starting a family.

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A secret gallery.

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We said that it is substantiated in the
experience

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of looking back once the project is
finished and

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remembering the sleepless nights, the
uncertainties

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of not knowing if we were on the right
track, the

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lack of security and then having the
certainty

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that if we had known everything that was
going to

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cost us before undertaking it, we simply
would not have done it.

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For Eco, a thesis was a learning exercise

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and a test of personal maturity.

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With Cervantes we could say that he is
like one of our

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own children and certainly a very
difficult challenge.

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Ortega y Gasset was also a devoted
follower of Cervantes.

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In 1931 he gave some lectures that

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later became newspaper articles

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and later still, a volume that is a real
delight.

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University Mission.

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It might be interesting, now that you
have reached the

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highest university level, to revisit some
of the ideas contained therein.

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Ortega said, in essence, that the
University

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should serve to: one, train
professionals;

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two, teach how to research; and three, a

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third mission to which he attached great

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importance, but which had remained as

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something residual: to learn how to be in
the world.

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And he compared man's situation to that
of Dante at the beginning of the Divine

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Comedy.

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In that work the poet took a stroll
through hell,

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climbed Mount Purgatory, and ascended
through

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the different rings of heaven.

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But the starting point was truly unusual.

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The comedy began with the writer waking
up

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in a confusing space in the middle of a
dark

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jungle, a jungle jungle, a wild jungle.

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Well, as Ortega said, that is the

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existential situation of man.

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That is the fundamental realization

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of early youth: to know that we have been

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thrown into a dark and wild jungle.

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In verses by Rubén Darío: To be and to
know nothing and to be

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without a certain direction and the fear
of having been and

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a future terror and the sure horror of
being dead tomorrow

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and to suffer for life and for the shadow
and for what we do not know and barely

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suspect.

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And the meat that tempts with its fresh
clusters and the

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tomb that awaits with its funereal
bouquets and not

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knowing where we are going or where we
come from.

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Faced with this awareness, the University
had

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to offer precisely a direction, not one,
but rather many.

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To each their own.

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Remember Ortega's words: Learning to be
in the world.

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Well, dear new doctors, I think

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that this is eminently true of you.

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On the one hand, his works become part of
a

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constellation of scientific texts that
have

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allowed us to live longer, to have better
health,

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to significantly reduce, for example,
hunger

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on the planet, have helped us to travel
from one

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continent to another, to be able to talk
from

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almost anywhere in real time with my
mother. Each

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of his theses, as Cervantes wanted, is
minuscule,

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it has the adjusted dimensions of each
one of you,

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but it also has the enormous proportions
of a

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collective, of a shared project, of a
common home.

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Over the last five centuries, Europe has
been the best cradle of human

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progress, because thousands of people
like you have been the driving

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force behind our development and have
pushed us to be able to exist in the

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world.

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On the other hand, the very construction
of

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the thesis is eloquent about the path
they have taken.

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Simply put, in a society that frequently

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seeks immediate gratification.

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Nobody writes a thesis to get rich.

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The most common experience is that of
writing a

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thesis while facing many difficulties.

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The decision to do so can only be
understood from a

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certain position, from a way of being in
the world

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that includes service to society from a

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frequently countercultural perspective.

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You are living proof that the best human

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achievements are arduous, not immediate,

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and have unexpected effects that

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we often barely know about.

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You know that effort is worthwhile.

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They have fought against the temptation
to give up.

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You have fled from the easy path.

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They have not sought social relevance or
easy followers on social media.

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They have simply put the result of
several years

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of work into hundreds of pages, which
will

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also eventually be made public.

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And all this as Cervantes wanted, without

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taking ourselves too seriously.

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Isn't this the best demonstration that
the University

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has transmitted to them a peculiar way of
being in this world?

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Dear new doctors, dear colleagues, I now
address

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you informally because you have become
one of us.

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Welcome to what is rightfully your home.

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Please accept my sincerest
congratulations.

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Thank you so much.

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We are going to proceed with the
investiture of the new doctors, since you

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have

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demonstrated your knowledge and doctrine
and have been deemed worthy to

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obtain the highest academic degree in the
use of the authority that has been

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conferred upon me.

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I declare you invested with the doctoral
dignity, in witness

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whereof you will receive the insignia of
your honor and dignity

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and the fraternal embrace of those who
are honored and

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pleased to be your brothers and
companions.

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The General Secretariat will proceed with
the call for the new doctors.

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Esteban Regules.

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Polledo Zulueta.

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María Soledad Rodríguez Esperanza.

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Juan José Robledo.

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Ana Mayo López.

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Eduardo Villamil Cabello.

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Pilar Martínez Barranco.

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Claudia Andrea Valenzuela Ríos.

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Francisco Javier Peñalver Párraga.

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The top leader Fidel was On State Munera
and

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future or disciple Universitat Dishonored
Post in Ayer.

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Yes, I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I swear.

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I swear.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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Elena González Rodríguez.

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Oliver Martínez Pozas.

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Miguel Molina Álvarez.

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David Morales Tejera.

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Nestor Requejo Salinas.

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Fernanda Gil.

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Almagro.

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José Manuel Martínez Rengifo.

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Juan Carlos Hernández.

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José Manuel Valero Esteban.

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Francisco Ginés Fernández Palacios.

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Peinara de Souza Carneiro.

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Exact with the utmost diligence.

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They may be in the future or disciple a
Sonoran

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University or without anyone.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I swear.

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I promise.

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I swear.

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To Fandi.

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Eliana Bejarano Murillo.

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Cristina Rincón Sánchez.

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Clara Vidal.

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Fernández.

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Arthur.

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Julian Abellan.

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Seville.

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Laura.

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García Fernández.

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Emerald.

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Gomez Lopez.

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Virginia.

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Ramírez Herrero.

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I promise.

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I swear.

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I promise.

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I swear.

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I swear.

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I swear.

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I swear.

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I promise.

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Williams Rafael Ruiz Regalado.

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Francisco José Sanz López.

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Miguel Ángel Vázquez Vázquez.

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Miguel Ángel Aguirre Borracho.

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Marco Antonio Moreno Esquinas.

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Antonio Jesús.

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Chacón García.

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Rocío Chávez Jiménez.

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Gonzalo Contreras Aso.

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Ana de Dios Cubillas.

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Noelia.

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Fernández Prado.

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Because they Gospel that utmost
diligence.

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FIDE that invoices honestly.

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Disciple of your university and sonorous
a world.

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I promise.

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I swear. Yes.

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I swear.

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Yes, gold.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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Victoria García Almodóvar.

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Sandra González Muñoz.

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Marina Ramos Muñoz.

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Fernando.

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Leonardo Vera Vaquero.

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David.

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Valle Fernández.

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Noelia.

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García Vázquez.

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Alexander.

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Piera Ruiz.

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Aymara.

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Blanco Romero.

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Oscar.

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Escudero Hernández.

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Elena.

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García Rojas.

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Maximum diligence FIDE Atque on state
Monereo

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Futuro UNCo Disciple Trump I promise

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Universitat to be available in case.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I swear.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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María Teresa García Català.

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Javier Gómez Sánchez.

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Andrés González.

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Sergio Hernández García.

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Francisco Jesús Lara.

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Abel.

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Lara Llopis.

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Igor.

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Sergio.

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Raul.

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Montes León.

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Pablo.

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Solano López.

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Oscar.

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Soto Sánchez.

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Lorena.

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Rodríguez Calzada.

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My maximum

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I trust that honestly future world

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quo disciples

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honorem universities without augury.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I promise.

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I swear.

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The Extraordinary Doctoral Awards for the
2024-2025

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academic year will be presented.

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The General Secretariat will proceed to
call the award winners.

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Juan José Robledo Tanga.

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Blanca Esteban Regules.

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Genis.

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Polledo Zulueta Law.

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Nestor.

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Requejo Salinas.

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Peinara de Souza Carneiro.

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Miguel Ángel Vázquez Vázquez.

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Marine.

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Ramos Muñoz.

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Andrew.

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Gonzalez.

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Banfield.

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Pablo.

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Solano López.

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Good morning and welcome to this
auditorium of the Rectorate.

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Today is a ceremony filled with solemnity
and emotion with the

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investiture of the new class of doctors
from our University,

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honoring the highest degree of academic
excellence.

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A demand for excellence that is
especially timely in our times.

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In increasingly technological times,
noise takes precedence

00:53:26.880 --> 00:53:30.880
over reflection, and speed detracts from
our attention to

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the present, the slow, the laborious, to
that which demands time and patience.

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Because the university is not only called
to transmit

00:53:40.800 --> 00:53:44.800
technical knowledge, but also to train
people capable of

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thinking freely, of seeking the truth and
of understanding

00:53:48.800 --> 00:53:52.280
that true learning requires time,
patience and depth.

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That is why the university needs symbols,
liturgies and

00:53:56.800 --> 00:54:01.640
ceremonies, because its mission demands
time, respect and continuity.

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And that is precisely why symbols remain
important.

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Academic ceremonies and rituals.

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They are not a mere empty tradition; they
are the visible expression

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of an intellectual heritage built over
centuries by generations

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of teachers, researchers, and students
who understood that

00:54:19.920 --> 00:54:22.920
knowledge deserves respect and
continuity.

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The University is heir to that great
humanist tradition that for

00:54:27.280 --> 00:54:31.280
centuries has placed the search for truth
and service to society

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at the center of its mission and at the
same time is the living

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institution that has been able to adapt
to each era without giving

00:54:39.280 --> 00:54:42.360
up anything essential: to teach, to
research and

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to transform the world through knowledge.

00:54:45.600 --> 00:54:48.320
Today that mission takes on extraordinary
relevance.

00:54:48.320 --> 00:54:52.320
We are not facing a struggle between
human intelligence and artificial

00:54:52.320 --> 00:54:56.320
intelligence, but rather the need to
strengthen a critical intelligence

00:54:56.320 --> 00:55:00.160
capable of distinguishing the true amidst
the noise, superficiality, and

00:55:00.160 --> 00:55:02.080
misinformation.

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A university understood solely as a
repository of data or

00:55:06.240 --> 00:55:10.240
technical skills would be useless,
because nothing replaces

00:55:10.240 --> 00:55:14.240
the ability to teach, to think
critically, to innovate, to

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understand the best of human beings, and
to build an increasingly free society.

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In the end, when a student finishes their
studies, the big question

00:55:23.680 --> 00:55:26.680
is not only what they know, but also who
they are.

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Or as Pindar wrote, one has come to
Comillas to be who one truly is.

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I close quotation marks and it's likely
that any of us

00:55:35.040 --> 00:55:38.040
here will be asked the name of a teacher
we remember.

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We certainly don't answer that it was the
one who taught us the most algebra

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or articles of the Civil Code, but rather
the one who awakened our

00:55:45.520 --> 00:55:48.520
curiosity and taught us to aspire to
something more.

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That is the university we want to
champion.

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There is a university that improves
people's lives, that focuses its

00:55:54.880 --> 00:55:58.880
teaching and research activities on
relevant problems, that turns

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doctoral theses into scientific, social,
cultural and, of course, technological

00:56:02.480 --> 00:56:04.280
advances.

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And that is precisely the mission that I
want to reaffirm here today

00:56:07.720 --> 00:56:10.720
before the new doctors of the King Juan
Carlos University.

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Research not only aims to expand
knowledge, but also

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has the mission of transforming the
world.

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Because, at its core, research is one of
the deepest expressions of humanity.

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We investigate because we need to
understand, because we want to

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find answers where others only see
uncertainty.

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This eagerness to seek answers in the
shadows of the laboratory,

00:56:33.080 --> 00:56:37.080
in the historical archive or in data
analysis is the same impulse

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that has allowed humanity to advance, to
unity, to humanity for centuries.

00:56:42.080 --> 00:56:46.080
In that sense, the university, since its
medieval origins, stands

00:56:46.080 --> 00:56:50.080
not only as an archive of past knowledge,
but as a workshop where the

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knowledge of the future is forged, safe
from immediacy and superficiality.

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Our obligation is not to be mere
spectators of the future, but to

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anticipate any opportunity for progress
for humanity.

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Without research, in short, there is no
innovation.

00:57:05.080 --> 00:57:06.600
Without innovation there is no hope.

00:57:06.600 --> 00:57:09.040
And, of course, there would be no future.

00:57:09.040 --> 00:57:13.040
And that vocation for research and
service to society is what is reflected

00:57:13.040 --> 00:57:16.440
today in all of you, from the sciences to
the humanities.

00:57:16.480 --> 00:57:20.480
You represent the extraordinary diversity
of university

00:57:20.480 --> 00:57:24.160
knowledge and embody the same idea that
knowledge does not make us uniform, but

00:57:24.160 --> 00:57:26.000
unites us.

00:57:26.040 --> 00:57:30.040
The University has demonstrated for
centuries that the passion for

00:57:30.040 --> 00:57:33.200
discovery always ends up overcoming all
obstacles.

00:57:33.680 --> 00:57:37.360
Along the way, great minds had to
challenge the skepticism

00:57:37.360 --> 00:57:40.360
of the time so that science could
advance.

00:57:40.600 --> 00:57:44.600
Marie Curie risked her own health to
unravel

00:57:44.600 --> 00:57:48.600
the secrets of matter's memory and,
moreover,

00:57:48.600 --> 00:57:52.720
to be an extraordinary innovation in
medicine.

00:57:53.160 --> 00:57:54.400
She said that life.

00:57:54.400 --> 00:57:55.600
There is nothing to fear.

00:57:55.600 --> 00:57:57.440
There are only things to understand.

00:57:57.440 --> 00:58:01.440
Charles Darwin also challenged the
absolute truths of his time to

00:58:01.440 --> 00:58:04.640
decipher the origin of life, as did the
physicist Planck,

00:58:04.640 --> 00:58:07.640
who revolutionized our understanding of
reality.

00:58:07.680 --> 00:58:11.480
Available for purchase in the quantum
universe, reminding us that science is a

00:58:11.480 --> 00:58:13.400
journey into the invisible.

00:58:13.880 --> 00:58:16.920
The university, as we see, is heir to a
long

00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:19.920
tradition of study that goes back
centuries.

00:58:19.920 --> 00:58:23.080
It is also the thermometer and witness of
each era and place.

00:58:23.200 --> 00:58:27.200
It is up to us to care for and project
that heritage into the future.

00:58:27.320 --> 00:58:31.320
And the doctorate probably represents the
highest expression of that university

00:58:31.320 --> 00:58:35.920
mission, that of generating new knowledge
and putting it at the service of society.

00:58:35.960 --> 00:58:39.960
Dear doctors, today we see in you people
who have

00:58:39.960 --> 00:58:43.480
dedicated years of your life to a
demanding

00:58:43.480 --> 00:58:46.480
task, often silent and not always easy.

00:58:46.520 --> 00:58:51.560
Years of effort, of doubts, of long
nights, of corrections, of starting over.

00:58:51.560 --> 00:58:55.080
And also of small victories that only
those who have walked that path

00:58:55.080 --> 00:58:56.840
understand.

00:58:56.880 --> 00:58:59.880
And that's where the achievement acquires
its full value.

00:59:00.360 --> 00:59:04.360
You have demonstrated rigor, perseverance
and the ability to overcome

00:59:04.360 --> 00:59:07.800
challenges, but above all, you have
understood something essential: that true

00:59:07.800 --> 00:59:09.520
learning never ends.

00:59:09.560 --> 00:59:13.320
Research is not just about finding
answers, but

00:59:13.320 --> 00:59:16.320
also about continuing to ask questions.

00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:20.400
The university of the 21st century needs
precisely that: people capable

00:59:20.400 --> 00:59:24.400
not only of generating knowledge, but
also of sharing it, transmitting

00:59:24.400 --> 00:59:27.520
it, and putting it at the service of the
common good.

00:59:27.600 --> 00:59:31.040
And that responsibility now falls on you
as well.

00:59:31.080 --> 00:59:34.880
From today we are incorporating you in a
new way into the academic

00:59:34.880 --> 00:59:37.880
history of the Rey Juan Carlos
University.

00:59:37.880 --> 00:59:41.880
A modern, dynamic and open university
that in just a few years has

00:59:41.880 --> 00:59:45.880
been able to consolidate itself thanks to
the work of thousands of

00:59:45.880 --> 00:59:49.440
students, professors and researchers who
have understood

00:59:49.440 --> 00:59:52.440
higher education as a true vocation of
service.

00:59:52.880 --> 00:59:56.880
From today you are part of that academic
community in a deeper

00:59:56.880 --> 01:00:00.880
way and wherever you develop your career,
you will also carry

01:00:00.880 --> 01:00:05.000
with you this university and the values
​​it represents.

01:00:05.800 --> 01:00:09.800
Today we celebrate your degrees, yes, but
also something more

01:00:09.800 --> 01:00:13.800
important: we celebrate the addition of
new custodians of knowledge,

01:00:13.800 --> 01:00:16.880
new voices, called to expand knowledge
and contribute

01:00:16.880 --> 01:00:19.880
from their disciplines to a better
society.

01:00:19.880 --> 01:00:23.880
I hope you maintain that curiosity that
has brought you here

01:00:23.880 --> 01:00:27.880
and I hope you never lose sight of the
fact that knowledge

01:00:27.880 --> 01:00:32.520
only reaches its true meaning when it is
put at the service of others.

01:00:32.560 --> 01:00:35.440
Let us continue to move forward together
in this exciting task of seeking the

01:00:35.440 --> 01:00:36.920
truth.

01:00:37.360 --> 01:00:41.360
If you will allow me to end this
intervention with a quote from

01:00:41.360 --> 01:00:45.360
Pope Leo XIII, who has visited Madrid in
recent days and, as you

01:00:45.360 --> 01:00:49.360
know, is in Barcelona and subsequently
the Canary Islands, he

01:00:49.360 --> 01:00:53.360
has achieved a feat, which is that, at
least for a few days, this

01:00:53.360 --> 01:00:56.440
political struggle has been completely

01:00:56.440 --> 01:00:59.440
anesthetized, and hopefully it will last
a little longer.

01:00:59.560 --> 01:01:02.800
Regardless of individual beliefs or
political stances,

01:01:02.800 --> 01:01:05.800
I truly believe it has been something
extraordinary.

01:01:05.800 --> 01:01:09.560
Therefore, I will end with a quote of
his, which is the truth, it is always

01:01:09.560 --> 01:01:11.440
greater than all of us.

01:01:11.440 --> 01:01:13.560
Thank you very much and my sincerest
congratulations.

01:01:13.560 --> 01:01:14.720
Doctors.

01:01:30.640 --> 01:01:35.360
To conclude the event, I invite you to
stand and sing Gaudeamus.

01:03:47.600 --> 01:03:48.720
The session is adjourned.