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The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart
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  • Jürgen Ovens: portrait of John Amos Comenius
    John Amos Comenius
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    …hiding, he wrote an allegory, The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart, in which he described both his early despair and his sources of consolation. With a band of Brethren, he escaped to Poland and in 1628 settled in Leszno. Believing that the Protestants would eventually…

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    …hiding, he wrote an allegory, The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart, in which he described both his early despair and his sources of consolation. With a band of Brethren, he escaped to Poland and in 1628 settled in Leszno. Believing that the Protestants would eventually…

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