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Comenius Quotes on Knowledge

Jan Amos Komensky, known in Latin as Comenius, was a Czech bishop of the Unity of the Brethren, philosopher, theologian, and the principal architect of modern educational thought. This page collects quotes attributed to Comenius on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Comenius:

    “Let the main object be to find a method by which teachers teach less, but learners learn more.”

  • Attributed to Comenius:

    “All things in nature have their seasons, and so does human learning.”

  • Attributed to Comenius:

    “Education is the means by which the human being becomes most fully human.”

  • Attributed to Comenius:

    “Whatever is to be learned must be learned in its proper order.”