Vintage John Comenius Jan Amos Komensky Bishop Philosopher Pin Badge
Vintage John Comenius Jan Amos Komensky Bishop Philosopher Pin Badge
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- A vintage pin badge, made from metal and with a 2.1cm high badge face. The rear side has a long, stick pin style fastener.
- Featuring the head of Jan Komensky, known as John Amos Comenius who was a Czech philosopher and theologian who championed universal education.
- Comenius introduced a number of educational concepts and innovations including pictorial textbooks written in native languages instead of Latin, teaching based in gradual development from simple to more comprehensive concepts, lifelong learning with a focus on logical thinking over dull memorization, equal opportunity for impoverished children, education for women, and universal and practical instruction. He also believed heavily in the connection between nature, religion, and knowledge, in which he stated that knowledge is born from nature and nature from God