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Which groups of people did John Amos Comenius believe should have access to education?

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Jürgen Ovens: portrait of John Amos Comenius — John Amos Comenius John Amos Comenius, oil on canvas by Jürgen Ovens, 1650–70; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

John Amos Comenius held a humanitarian and universalistic philosophy, arguing that education should be accessible to all people regardless of their background. In his work Pampaedia ("Universal Education"), he asserted that the entire human race should be educated, specifically including:

Men of all ages
People of all conditions
Both sexes
All nations

Comenius believed that "all men should be educated to full humanity"—a state of rationality, morality, and happiness he termed pansophia (universal wisdom). To achieve this, he proposed an all-embracing school system designed to provide structured learning from infancy through adulthood, ensuring that knowledge was available to everyone to help them understand the underlying harmony of the universe.12