# John Amos Comenius — The Story of Utopias character guide

> John Amos Comenius in The Story of Utopias by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Comenius

**First appearance:** 0003-the-story-of-utopias

## Who they are

Czech philosopher and educator who wrote about utopian educational systems.

## Relationships

### [Plato](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/characters/plato)

_professional_

Comenius engages with Plato's philosophical ideas as foundational influences for his own educational and utopian theories.

### [Johann Valentin Andreae](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/characters/johann_valentin_andreae)

_professional_

Andreae and Comenius were contemporaries and correspondents, sharing interests in educational reform and pan sophic ideals.

### [Charles Fourier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/characters/charles_fourier)

_professional_

Fourier and Comenius are linked in utopian studies as early modern and modern theorists of harmonious social organization and education.

### [Johann Valentin Andreae](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/characters/johann_valentin_andreae)

_professional_

Andreae and Comenius were contemporaries and correspondents, sharing interests in educational reform and pan sophic ideals.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned as one of Andreae's correspondents abroad.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/vi)

Author of 'The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart' (1623), combining science and art in a synthesis.

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