Vivat Comenius (Disident a exulant v přílivu a odlivu času)

• Authors: Somr, Miroslav

Abstracts

EN

Comenius‘s lifelong aspiration is an attempt to establish an ideal world, which we constantly approach by our actions, and thus create the basis for understanding of it. At the turn of the history, Comenius contributed to this understanding especially by De rerum humanarum emendatione consultatio catholica. Comenius came into this great world accompanied by the strongest and the purest thing of all: fi rm faith that was given to him by the Moravian Church, and with an persistent idea that the meaning of life is not just believing, but it is based on our striving, endeavour, wisdom, morality, and piety. His life is full of humility, contemplation, faith and belief that injustice is the result of boundlessness of sins among people. In Comenius’s view, only Christ, who is the representative of God in this world, can discern good and evil in this earthly dispute. Nevertheless, there is included a strong social and moral sense of the author, who identifi es with the poor, with their humility and humbleness with which they turns to God, because they have nobody to communicate their lamentations to. Th ey stand alone before God and Christ. Th e feeling of loneliness is an expression of human mental pain and human helplessness. Comenius‘s essential relationship to the freedom merged the political philosophy with the philosophy of education and morality. He created an entirely new and original system interconnected with reforms of the triune volume: Eruditio – Religio – Politica. Comenius is convinced that the power of truth, which is based in the true light, is invincible, and historical development is a steady progress accompanied by perfected illumination. General rectifi cation leads to general awakening. It calls for carrying out proposals benefi cial to all who participate in their implementation. Work of remedy is ready. It is necessary to start its implementation. Th e call for this act of redress is open to all. Comenius exceeded his size of national and European restrictions and entered „the whole world stage“ in a new personality image as a political philosopher fi rmly rooted in the Protestant philosophy of life and ethics based on the love of liberty for all who participate in its construction. „Love of liberty is innate to the human nature.“ (Jan Amos Comenius)

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Chrześcijańskiej Akademii Teologicznej w Warszawie
• Journal: Studia z Teorii Wychowania
• Year: 2014
• Volume: V(2 (9))
• Pages: 9-32

Dates

published

2018-06-19

Contributors

author

Somr, Miroslav