Komeniologické studie Jana Patočky

Abstract

The paper concentrates on the topic of Patočka´s Comeniological conception. Patočka, in his lifelong work on Comenius, sought an answer to the question what position Comenius occupies in the development of European thinking. He saw Comenius´ contribution above all to be in his creation of a systematic philosophy of education and in his founding of a systematic pedagogy. Education is for Comenius a way in which mankind may be returned to the path of general order and panharmony. Comenius´ labyrinth is, in Patočka´s view, also the labyrinth of modern humanity. As a result we need, even today, a pedagogy of the universal conversion, the prototype of which is, according to Patočka, Comenius´general education.