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John Amos Comenius
John Amos Comenius, oil on canvas by JĆ¼rgen Ovens, 1650ā70; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
In his allegorical work The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart, John Amos Comenius chronicled his personal journey during a period of intense upheaval.1
Written while he was in hiding following the outbreak of the Thirty Yearsā War, the text serves as a reflection on his own experiences. Specifically, Comenius used the allegory to describe his early feelings of despair and the various sources of consolation he discovered during that difficult time.1