What was the purpose of John Amos Comenius’s proposed college of light?

John Amos Comenius proposed the "college of light" as an academy of the sciences designed for the centralized pooling of all human learning.1

He envisioned this institution as a way to achieve pansophia, or universal wisdom, which he believed would help educate all people to full humanity—fostering rationality, morality, and happiness. By creating a space where knowledge could be harmonized and shared, Comenius hoped to expand human understanding and improve human affairs. While the outbreak of the English Civil War prevented the realization of his specific plan in England, his ideas and his stay there were instrumental in discussions that eventually led to the founding of the Royal Society.12