Vives, Comenio y Sarmiento

Abstract

[Resumen] Entre el nacimiento de Juan Luis Vives y el de Comenio media un siglo exacto y aunque resulta evidente que son dos pensadores que pertenecen a épocas históricas muy diferentes, encontramos entre ambos un sinfín de coincidencias. Los dos viven desa- rraigados de sus lugares de nacimiento, los dos desean un mundo de orden pero viven en el caos social y político, ambos aman la paz y les persiguen las guerras, viven profunda- mente el mensaje evangélico y en consecuencia desean reformar la sociedad que les toca vivir1.

[Abstract] Exactly one century elapsed between the birth of Juan Luis Vives and Comenio. While these two great thinkers obviously belong to very different historical periods, they have a great number of things in common. They were both uprooted, living away from their birthplaces. They both longed for an orderly world but were forced to live in social and political chaos. They both loved peace, yet they were pursued by war. Their deep faith in the gospel drove them to try and change the society in which they lived.