 The young Pereira was sent to study Arts at the University of Salamanca, where a profound pedagogical renewal was just then under way (Muñoz Delgado 1964: 75–89; Valverde 2019: ix). Among the professors whose lectures he attended we must pay particular attention to Juan Martínez Guijarro and Juan de Oria. The first came from the University of Paris and developed at the University of Salamanca new teaching methods in the field of logic and natural philosophy. Many years later, Gómez Pereira dedicated one of his books to him as a sign of affection and admiration for the man who was in charge of the education of young Philip II and became Archbishop of Toledo. Also, Juan de Oria – who was later condemned by the Inquisition and spent his last years of life in seclusion – lectured on logic and natural philosophy. Oria probably sparked Pereira’s interest in the question of immortality, since he had great acquaintance with the controversies which was occurring – especially at the universities of northern Italy during those years (Muñoz Delgado 1987: vol. I, 9–17; Valverde 2020: 242–247).