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Hendrich, Josef, Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius) (Prague: Orbis, 1948), pp.
Pšenák, Jozef, ‘Johann Amos Comenius 1592-1670,’ in Pšenák, Jozef, Jan Amos Komenský 1592-1670 (Martin: Matica Slovenská, 1991), pp.
Zeijlemaker, Jakob, ‘Freemasonry, Johan [!] Amos Comenius and Joh.
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 Czech It Out! Czech History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1415, Master Jan Hus (John Huss in English), one of the most important figures in the Czech history, was burnt at stake in Constance.
In 1592, Jan Amos Komensky, the teacher of nations was born.
Komensky was a founder of modern education and his writings are still valid in our time.
www.mcaonline.ca /prague/history.html   (679 words)

  
 John Amos Comenius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He is also known as Jan Amos Komensky and was born on March 28, 1592 in Nivnice, Moravia (which is now in the Czech Republic) and he died on November 15, 1670.
Komensky is widely recognized as the "father" of modern education.
Komensky viewed the acquisition of knowledge, in fact of all of life's experiences, as a spiritual exercise.
www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com /comenius.htm   (1685 words)

  
 Jan Amos Komensky - a pioneer of education remembered - 28-03-2003 - Radio Prague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Jan Amos Komensky, also known as Comenius was a great Czech thinker, philosopher and writer, though he is best known as a pioneer of education.
Komensky's greatest contribution to the humanities was his conception of education and he strongly believed that the basis of society should be an educated citizenry.
In many ways Komensky was ahead of his time and - as Professor Kohak explains - his ideals were reflected in the creation of the United Nations, over three hundred years after his death.
www.radio.cz /en/article/39101   (901 words)

  
 Jan Amos Komensky - 20-03-2002 - Radio Prague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Jan Amos Komensky - also known as Comenius was a thinker, philosopher, writer and educator.
For all his life, Komensky remained a devoted Christian, and a member of the Unity of Czech Brethren, by which he was baptized and raised.
Despite his wandering life, though, Komensky was a very productive philosopher and writer, and he also worked on a new school system, which he wanted to be introduced in the Czech kingdom.
www.radio.cz /en/article/25962   (794 words)

  
 Jan Amos Komensky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Centrum securitatis (Hlubina bezpecnosti) - to jest svetle vymalovani, jak v samem jedinem Bohu a pokornem se jemu na vsecku jeho vuli oddani a poddani vsecka dokonala pritomneho zivota bezpecnost, pokoj a blahoslavenstvi zalezi.
Fortius redivivus (Fortius ozivly), nebo jak zahnati lenost ze skol.
Haggaeus redivivus to jest krestanskych vrchnosti, knezi Pane a vseho pobozneho lidu, z antikristskeho babylonskeho zajeti a rozptyleni navratilych, k zive a vrouci pokanim svatym horlivosti a k horlivemu vzdelani a znovu sporadani domu boziho (jenz jest cirkev) horlive a vrouci jmenem bozim napomenuti.
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 Jan Amos Comenius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Roman Catholic priest Jan Komensky, nephew of the...
Unity of the Brethren, Jan Amos Komensky (Comenius).
Jan Amos Comenius (28 de marzo de 1592 - 15 de noviembre de 1670) fue un teólogo, filósofo y pedagogo nacido en la actual República Checa.
enciclopedia.cc /Jan_Amos_Comenius   (368 words)

  
 TAPAS: Who was Jan Amos Comenius?
The choice of the name COMENIUS for this part of the SOCRATES programme is a reminder of Europe's rich educational heritage.
Johann Amos Comenius, or Jan Amos Komenský, was born in March 28
Jan Amos Komenský was buried in Naarden, not far from Amsterdam.
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 The Prague Post Online
Jan Amos Komensky's well-known 17th-century text has been transformed into a cross between cabaret and carnival entertainment in English and Slovak.
Hailed as the "father of modern education," 17th-century Moravian theologian and educator Jan Amos Komensky wrote his most famous work, The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart (Labyrint sveta a raj srdce) in 1623.
Through the adaptation and rehearsal process, Komensky's work was transformed into a multilingual piece -- with large sections in English and Slovak -- somewhere between cabaret and carnival in style.
www.praguepost.com /P03/2003/Art/0212/calen2.php   (606 words)

  
 Czech and Slovak History: An Annotated Bibliography (European Reading Room, Library of Congress)
Herben, Jan. "John Amos Komensky and the Decline of the Brotherhood." In his Huss and His Followers, 163-91.
Prucha, Jan. "The Difficulty of Instructional Text in the Light of the Views of J. Comenius." In Symposium Comenianum 1982: The Impact of J. Comenius on Educational Thinking and Practice, 1984 [Chapter 4, Kyralova]: 179-82.
Herben, Jan. "Thomas G. Masaryk: Jews and Anti-Semitism." In Masaryk and the Jews, 1941 [Chapter 4, Rychnovsky]: 3-24.
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 UNHCR | Flight and Exile in Art
The legendary events connected with the Battle of White Mountain and the life and works of Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius) are one of the best known chapters in Czech history.
Jan Amos Komenský, a world famous founder of modern pedagogy, was forced, for religious reasons, to leave his country forever.
Jan Amos Komenský Says Farewell to Karel the Elder of Zerotín, 1873
www.unhcr.cz /vystava/6en.htm   (155 words)

  
 The Life of a Philosopher: John Amos Comenius (Jan Amos Komensky) Essay
The philosopher chosen for this research paper is John Amos Comenius, also known as Jan Amos Komensky.
He was born in Nivnice, Moravia now known as the Czech Republic on March 28, 1592 and died November 15, 1670 in Naarden, Holland.
John Amos Comenius was a philosopher who had his own ideas about education, how they came about, and how they influenced early childhood.
www.bookrags.com /essays/story/2004/2/19/2200/72172   (312 words)

  
 comenius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
John Amos Comenius (also known as Jan Amos Komensky) was born in March, 1592, in Moravia.
Pansophism related education to everyday life and advocated systemizing all knowledge, teaching in the common language of students rather than in Latin, and establishing a universal system of education with opportunities that included women and peoples of all nations.
Amos’ major work The Great Didactic was written from 1628 to 1632.
www.coe.ufl.edu /webtech/GreatIdeas/pages/peoplepage/comenius.htm   (220 words)

  
 MavicaNET - Komensky, Jan Amos (John Amos Comenius) (1592-1670)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Czech Jan Amos KomenskY, 1592–1670, Moravian churchman and educator, last bishop of the Moravian Church.
The Museum is dedicated primarily to teaching and research; some of it's exhibits are associated with University of Minnesota courses.
Jan Amos Komensky - a pioneer of education remembered - 28-03-2003 - Radio Prague
www.mavicanet.com /lite/ukr/37475.html   (417 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The 300th anniversary of the issue of the book called "Opera didactica omnia" by Jan Amos Komensky.
Jan Amos Komensky (1592-1670), innovative Czech educator, philosopher.
Jan Amos Komeński is the Polish spelling of the Czech Jan Amos Komensky (Latin: Comenius).
members.home.nl /bnieborg/series/0896.html   (40 words)

  
 Jan Amos Komensky : The Sculpture Center / OOSI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Jan Amos Komensky : The Sculpture Center / OOSI
Heroic sized portrait of Jan Amos Komensky, father of the Czech educational system.
Jan Amos/ Komensky/ Comenius/ Born: March 28, 1592, Moravia/ Died: Nov. 15, 1670, Narden/ Father of/ Modern Teaching Meathods/ Presented by the Czechs of Cleveland/ and other friends.
www.sculpturecenter.org /oosi/sculpture.asp?SID=332   (82 words)

  
 MavicaNET - Komensky, Jan Amos (John Amos Comenius) (1592-1670)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 MavicaNET - Komensky, Jan Amos (John Amos Comenius) (1592-1670)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Comenius advocated relating education to everyday life by emphasizing contact with objects in the environment and systematizing all knowledge.
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 Summery Sperling The world-view of Jan Amos Komensky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Summery Sperling The world-view of Jan Amos Komensky
Jan Amos Comenius, 1592 - 1670, was one of the most celebrated educational reformers of early modern times.
Contemporary researcher, first of all Ferdinand Seibt (1927-2003) stated that Comenius had been one of the most influential utopists.
www1.ku-eichstaett.de /hp/07summary32-3-2.htm   (217 words)

  
 Compositions of his Childhood and Youth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elena LETNANOVA was horn in Bratislava (Slovakia) and taught at the Department of Musicology of Jan Amos Komensky of her native city until 1984.
In 1972 her career was interrupted for thirteen years for leading a rally "Jan Palach Demonstration 1969" against the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Thereafter she translated A. Soljenitsyn's book "The Message From Exile" for underground publishing and left her native country in August 1984 and immigrated to the USA.
www.nietzsche.ru /english/muson_letn.phtml   (588 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Jan Amos Komensky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Jan Amos Komenský (Latinized Comenius) (March 28, 1592 - November 15, 1670) was a Czech teacher, educator and writer, known as teacher of nations.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jan-Amos-Komensky   (486 words)

  
 The Mightiness of God for Salvation. The Biblical Hermeneutics of John Amos Comenius in Times of War and Radical Change   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The aim of this project is to examine the biblical hermeneutics of John Amos Comenius (Jan Amos Komenskþ, 1592-1670), the Czech theologian, educator and last bishop of the Bohemian Brethren.
The research will include both a historical examination of the texts as well as a critical systematic analysis from a contemporary theological point of view.
Das Bibelverständnis von Johann Amos Comenius in einer Zeit der Krise und des Umbruchs, Dissertation in Theologie
www.research-projects.unizh.ch /theo/unit10100/area505/p2159.htm   (647 words)

  
 Comenius - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Jan Amos Komenský (Latinized Comenius) (March 28, 1592, in Nivnice, Moravia (now Czech Republic) - November 15, 1670, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) was a Czech teacher, educator and writer, known as teacher of nations.
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John Comenius: The Labyrinth of the World and The Paradise of the Heart (Classics of Western Spirituality)
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 Rafal T. Prinke - The Jagged Sword and Polish Rosicrucians
Anyway, the Rosicrucian issue must have been well known and spoken about shortly after the publication of the manifestos before the order is mentioned in a satirical poem Theatrum diabolorum by Jan Borawski, published in Cracow in 1621.
It mentions the Rosicrucian fraternity and its apothecary-alchemist falsifying all remedies and being drowned in hell ("Te solum fratrum rosae crucis....").
It may also be remembered, without going into detail, that Comenius (Jan Amos Komensky), who is frequently believed to have been connected with the Rosicrucians, spent most of his life in Poland, in the town of Leszno.
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 Comenius - The Man
So, this page provides you with some brief biographical notes about Jan Amos Komensky.
Although generally known by the Latinized form of his name, he was born Jan Amos Komensky on 28 March 1592, in Moravia, now part of the Czech Republic.
Jan Amos Komensky, Sohn von Eltern, die der böhmischen Brüdergemeinde angehörten, wurde früh Waise und verdiente dann seinen Lebensunterhalt als Hirte.
www.gs-bergedorf.net /comenius/comenius.htm   (1146 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
JOHN AMOS COMENIUS (Jan Amos Komensky) was born in 1592 in Nivnice, Moravia, in the area that is now the Czech Republic.
Known today as the "Father of Modern Education," he pioneered modern educational methods.
One example which is available online is The Labyrinth of the World, an allegorical novel which predated Bunyan's much better known Pilgrim's Progress.
www.comeniusfoundation.org /comenius.htm   (405 words)

  
 Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer March 28 in History
Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer March 28 in History
Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer
Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.
www.brainyhistory.com /events/1592/march_28_1592_35401.html   (59 words)

  
 Comenius
Jan Ámos Komenský (Latinized Johann Amos Comenius) (March 23, 1592- November 15, 1670) was a significant Czech teacher, educator (for Czechs also known as teacher of nations) and writer from the 17th century.
Author of writing Orbis Pictus (World In Pictures in English).
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ja/Jan_Amos_Komensky.html   (78 words)

  
 ART FILM 2000 - PILGRIMAGE OF JAN AMOS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This two-part historical film about the life and travels of Jan Amos Komensky (1592-1670) is based on the original novel by M. Kratochvil, period documents, and quotations from the scholarly, poetic parables 'Labyrinth of the World' and 'The Heart's Paradise'.
Otakar Vavra — born on February 29, 1911 in Hradec Kralove.
He wrote a book called Speculations of Film Director (published in 1982) and a book called A Strange Life of a Film Director (published in 1996).
www.artfilm.sk /history/spec2000/pilgrimage.html   (188 words)

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