I-Academy of Sciences of Lisbon (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa) ingesinye sezikhungo zesayensi ezindala kunazo zonke ezikhona okuqhubekayo. Yasungulwa mhla zingama-24 kuZibandlela 1779, ngesikhathi sokubusa kweNkosi uMaria I, ngaphansi kwesiqubulo esiphefumulelwe ivesi elivela kuPhaedrus:
Nisi utile est quod facimus stulta est gloria.
Uma esikwenzayo kungenasizo, kuyize inkazimulo.
Ngaphansi kwemigomo yemithetho yayo, i-Academy of Sciences of Lisbon inesibopho salokhu:
- i. Ukukhuthaza kanye nokukhuthaza ucwaningo lwesayensi, noma nini lapho kungenzeka futhi kudingekile ngendlela ehlukahlukene, nokwenza imiphumela yalolu cwaningo ibe sesidlangalaleni;
- ii. Ukukhuthaza ukunothisa nokufunda kolwazi, izincwadi, ulimi, nezinye izinhlobo zamasiko esizwe;
- iii. Ukukhuthaza ukufundwa komlando wesiPutukezi kanye nobudlelwano bawo nowabanye abantu kanye nokucwaninga nokushicilela imithombo yemibhalo efanele;
- iv. Ukuhlanganyela emisebenzini yezemfundo nokufundisa kanye nokukhuthaza ukusatshalaliswa nokwenziwa ngcono kwayo;
- v. Ukwakha imibiko ngezeluleko ngemibono ecelwe uhulumeni kanye nezinye izinsiza zikazwelonke;
- vi. Abaphezulu babambe iqhaza ekuhwebeni kwamasiko namazwe angaphandle ngomoya wokubambisana ngokuvulelekile;
- vii. Ukufaka isandla, ngocwaningo, ukunwetshwa kwamasiko, kanye nokuxoxisana ngemibono, ekuhlobiseni amaPutukezi kuzo zonke izici;
- viii. I-Academy iyindikimba yokweluleka yoMbuso Wase-Portuguese ezindabeni zezilimi futhi kungaboniswana nayo nakwezinye izindawo zesayensi.
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