Comenius

In Our Time: Philosophy

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🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Czech educator Jan Amos Komenský (1592-1670) known throughout Europe in his lifetime under the Latin version of his name, Comenius. A Protestant and member of the Unity of Brethren, he lived much of his life in exile, expelled from his homeland under the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and he wanted to address the deep antagonisms underlying the wars that were devastating Europe especially The Thirty Years War (1618-1648). A major part of his plan was Universal Education, in which everyone could learn about everything, and better understand each other and so tolerate their religious differences and live side by side. His ideas were to have a lasting influence on education, even though the peace that followed the Thirty Years War only entrenched the changes in his homeland that made his life there impossible. The image above is from a portrait of Comenius by Jürgen Ovens, 1650 - 1670, painted while he was living in Amsterdam and held in the Rikjsmuseum With Vladimir Urbanek Senior Researcher in the Department of Comenius Studies and Early Modern Intellectual History at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences Suzanna Ivanic Lecturer in Early Modern European History at the University of Kent And Howard Hotson Professor of Early Modern Intellectual History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Anne’s College Producer: Simon Tillotson

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0:48.2	Hello, in the 17th century, the Czech Educator Comenius had a great plan
0:52.8	to address the deep antagonisms behind the wars that were devastating Europe.
0:57.5	The plan was universal education, in which everyone could learn about everything
1:02.4	and better understand each other and so tolerate their religious differences.
1:06.9	His ideas are the great influence at education,
1:09.8	even if the conflicts that had forced him into exile proved intractable in his lifetime.
1:15.0	With me to discuss Comenius are Susanne Ivanovich, lecturer in early modern European history
1:20.3	at the University of Kent, Vladimir Ubaneck, senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy
1:25.7	of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Howard Hodson, professor of early modern intellectual
1:30.6	history at the University of Oxford and fellow of Zenans College.
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