Why did John Amos Comenius believe students should learn through several senses?

John Amos Comenius believed that students should learn through as many senses as possible because he viewed the human mind as a potential "psychological" counterpart to the natural world.1

He argued that by presenting information to the senses—using tools such as pictures, models, workshops, and music—the mind could effectively absorb and reflect the reality of nature. Comenius maintained that this "objective" approach was the teaching method most akin to nature itself. By engaging multiple senses, he sought to ensure that learning was not merely abstract but grounded in direct experience, which he believed was essential for achieving pansophia, or universal wisdom. This systematic use of sensory materials, exemplified by his work The Visible World in Pictures, established him as a pioneer of audiovisual education.12