Boží knihy, kniha přírody a věcný jazyk u J. A. Komenského

Abstract

The treatise investigates the question of the metaphor of three God’s books in the pansophical writings of Czech philosopher John Amos Comenius. These books are: the book of nature, the book of mind and the book of Scripture. The main goals of the text are (I) to show the way of Comenius’ using of the metaphor of book of nature, (II) to place this metaphor into the context of early modern philosophy and (III) to introduce the authors that could influence Comenius in this respect. The secondary goal of the investigation is to acquaint readers with his conception of "lingua realis“ (the real language). This perfect language should – according to Comenius – express essences, relations and structure of things in the world.