…child. But actually, the child is thankless because it has nothing to be thankful for. It has been deprived of value. Comenius, the father of education, pointed out that the beginning of education is that children shall learn love, honor, respect, and…

…a very heavy burden on learning, and it took a long time to break away from it. At the same period in education, Comenius, who was to play a very important part, advanced his idea of the Pan-Sothic University. He also attempted to bring together the old…

…could be taught a certain measure of integrity even before Eric could read and write. Therefore, start early, was the opinion of Comenius. Remember, and he was working in the 17th century, his thought was, remember that it's going to be very difficult for…

…to the perpetuation of the values of society, and not merely the continual emphasis upon an individual making his ways here. And Comenius and several other educators after him, right on down to the present time, have come to the conclusion that it would…

…it to do and to conform with whatever policy dominates the family into which it is born this conditioning goes on and as Comenius pointed out, the father of the modern public school system, we have now lost track of the fact that education usually begins…

…names to things, answer them according to their names, and consider that enough. This is one of the points that were made by Comenius and Hobbit in connection with education. The problem of finding out the name of things in terms of meaning. And the way…

…way to gain meaning is to recognize the basic vitality of the subject under discussion. Hartley made the point of this and so did Comenius. In other words, you have to be able to feel the facts of a thing, not merely listen to it by dictionary. You…

…laying the foundation for the future. Every family that raised children in the utopian community was actually expanding the utopia. Comenius in his educational system, which was part of the utopian scheme, was convinced that in order to progress civilization,…

…and in the course of a thousand years would disastrously affect thousands of new generations. It had to start in what Comenius called the mother school. Here was taught the gentle virtues, the kindly attitudes, the honesties and integrities of life. These…

…young people. Doing so by instructing them yourself, if you have a family. And also, in the instruction of them, remember as Comenius said, no amount of instruction is valuable unless it is supported by the evidence of personal action. In other words, the…

…has to do with getting started early. It has to do with getting started as soon as comprehension is possible. And as Comenius points out very clearly, you cannot appeal to the intellectual maturity of a five-year-old child You cannot explain to this child…

…works together with others for the betterment of the entire. Until these principles are well understood the problem is very difficult. Comenius, the Moravian educator, gave us the secret of the public school system. He tells us very simply that the reason…

…is a mistake comes from following the examples of those who have failed to achieve individual integration. So we have now, as Comenius said, and what has later been said by a number of others, that actually our education, as far as nature is concerned,…

…we begin our life here at the cradle. We begin here by needing and requiring a basic pattern of life. As Comenius, the founder of our public school system, pointed out, that actually our learning begins before our education starts. The average person…

…be really optimistic the day you're born. Now you'll probably be a little young to understand the point at that time, but then Comenius, the great educator, pointed it out. And that is, he says, that the essential education of the human being is found in…

…and a large part of our common policy, conduct, and code became obsolete. Now in the 16th and early 17th century, Comenius, the Moravian educator, established the concept of the public school. Prior to that time, most schools were in the keeping of…

…most schools were in the keeping of the church or of guilds or for the education of the children of the nobility. Comenius was the one who told Europe that the educational system had to be changed, that it was absolutely necessary for someone, something,…

…go back to a way of life with which we are no longer in any harmony or understanding. So we now have the problem of Comenius and trying to find some way to do something for the public school system. When he came along there wasn't any. So there were…

…well. They accepted it, supported it, and affirmed it, but largely lived according to the pressures of their own personalities. So Comenius thought the possibility of what was called the mother school, in which the child learned first that which was of most…

…which was part of his environmental support. This is largely done away with at the present time. The other school of Comenius faded away into the public school system. And the public school system has continued to grow in influence, but for some…

…War and as the body becomes a slave of a delinquent environment the being in the body is conditioned adversely that was why Comenius I think was so insistent that the first parental responsibility was to assist the being in the body to become aware of…

…policies so we have to start in either by going to school in a different type of educational theory more like that of Comenius who gave us the public school in the beginning but unfortunately died too soon, about 300 years too soon, to be able to…

…and integrity should dominate their conduct. This training comes from the home. Without the home, there is no such training. Comenius, the founder of the public school system many years ago, centuries ago, said definitely that the primary educational system…

…they have for their children and the love which they wish their children to bestow upon their children in due time. Therefore, as Comenius says, any education that they get before they are ten years old is by far the most important and the most directive…

…understand what we can contribute to their unfoldment and their maturity. Again, I think there's so much to be said for Comenius, who was a very wonderful idealist, a Moravian clergyman, a contemporary of Bacon and Hartley, but many of the interesting…

…wonderful idealist, a Moravian clergyman, a contemporary of Bacon and Hartley, but many of the interesting personalities of the 17th century. Comenius had a little book that he prepared for young students and these students were taught the ABCs of life and…

…manifestation and brought into purposeful existence in this period of the moon's ruling the infant we find for instance that Comenius the founder of the public school system writing in the 17th century AD said definitely that all civilization begins with…

…child to do, it must do itself also. It must keep the rules that he gives to the child or the child will fail. Comenius, the founder of the modern public school system, brought this out very well and it was reaffirmed in the labors of Madame Montessori…

…values which make life significant, meaningful, useful, and practical? Well, most young people today have not had training in what Comenius called the mother school. The mother, in turn, is in a state of personal emotional tension and confusion. The inside…

…six or seven years of life, the dirty work will never be cured in later years. That is the principle on which Comenius, the Moravian educator, who is regarded today as the father of the public school system, made very clear. Actually, learning begins at…

…people if education teaches them only to destroy each other I think the educational system as it was reviewed and revised by Comenius the Moravian educator was very good education is first of all to learn And what is learning? Learning is rather, more…

…is no nation that is stronger than the most corrupt of its social institutions. The need for correction here is very real. Comenius, the great educator of the 17th century, who gave us the public school system, makes definite note that the public school…

…can we hope to graduate from the university of humanity. So at the beginning of his treatise on children and education, Comenius mentions the mother school. The mother school is the school where the child learns seated at its mother's knee. She tells…

…church. But if you do not believe in a principle of integrity at the base of life, you're in serious trouble. Now, Comenius started with this idea of the mother's school. the school in which the child simply learned. It learned its ABCs. It learned…

…fulfillment of itself that which is ordained by natural law cannot be denied by man regardless of his optimism on the subject so Comenius also went on to point out the great importance of learning from what is obviously true He tells us that we can…

…as the proper level of civilization another interesting point I think to make is that a materialistic culture as both Confucius and Comenius pointed out is bound to fail there is no possibility of maintaining it because no one can behave whose ideals are…

…a learning process can condone a false standard of conductive conduct always the condoning ends in tragedy So to go back to the Comenius concept, which is pretty good, I think, and was carried on down through the 17th and 18th centuries, we have to have…

…or less represents the general state of things as it is the great universities do not change the facts very much as Comenius so wisely pointed out he pointed out very definitely that the only solution to the world's problem was personal honesty and…

…definitely that the only solution to the world's problem was personal honesty and personal honesty is very hard to develop another thing Comenius was perfectly certain of was that we must depend upon the children of this generation to run the world in the…

…or desertion or whose education is limited to a school system in which all references to religion are regarded as unrealistic. The Comenius, who was the father of the present public school system, made it very definite that the beginning of a good life…

…violates or sacrifices that right to maintain some stupid pattern of his own so that out of this comes the old belief of Comenius that the child should learn to know and to understand that he is living in a great divine university in which by experience…

…effort can we hope to graduate from the university of humanity. So the... Beginning of his treatise on children and education, Comenius mentions the mother school. The mother school is a school where the child learns seated at its mother's knee. She tells…

…fulfillment of itself. That which is ordained by natural law cannot be denied by man regardless of his optimism on the subject. So Comenius also went on to point out the great importance of learning from what is obviously true. He tells us that we can…

…as the proper level of civilization another interesting point I think to make is that a materialistic culture as both Confucius and Comenius pointed out is bound to fail there is no possibility of maintaining it because no one can behave whose ideals are…

…a learning process can condone a false standard of conductive conduct. Always the condoning ends in tragedy. So to go back to the Comenius concept, which is pretty good, I think, and was carried on down to the 17th and 18th centuries, we have to have a…

…working in the magnetic and etheric field of that child he's being educated already by the first education of all the mother school of Comenius and finally the child is born and it is born into a home where it is happy where its parents are glad to…

…which animals are educated, in which the family educates the child, in which the parent shows the way and leads the way? Comenius, the great Moravian educator, one of the founders of our public school system, talked about the mother school. where the child…

…while the system itself seemingly disappeared, it prepared the way for this concatenation of knowledge. It gave us the public school. Comenius, the father of the public school system, was a Neoplatonist. And it began the concept of a grade school, of high…

…that there had to be a way to bring essential knowledge to the young. But from among these parents, Amos Kominsky, or Comenius, came forth with a creative concept of an exact method. And that method has given us the modern public school. These things…

…of the mind, integrities of the heart and integrities of labor and common works. all these have to work together and Comenius the founder of the public school system stated clearly and definitely that progress depended upon the education of the young and…

…examples of things that have happened and have been known to be worthy of consideration. In the 17th century in Europe, Comenius, a Moravian minister, in his own name, Comenski, but with Latinized name of Comenius, was the teacher of Europe. Hartlib and…

…of consideration. In the 17th century in Europe, Comenius, a Moravian minister, in his own name, Comenski, but with Latinized name of Comenius, was the teacher of Europe. Hartlib and many famous names were associated with him at that time. And he was part…

…him at that time. And he was part of a group of moderns striving to break through the collapsing philosophy of medievalism. So Comenius was a school teacher and a preacher. As a school teacher, however, he had a very simple philosophy. One which to a…

…he had a very simple philosophy. One which to a degree contributed to the feelings and beliefs later of Madame Montessori. But Comenius said very simply that the individual's character is set for life before he enters grammar school. He has learned what he…